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Evening star., 1953-10-23
Spahn's S Knee Operation
Pronounced a Success
BY the Assoeioted Press

MILWAUKEE,, Oct. 23.-War-
rem SPAIN of the Milwaukee
Braves, owner of the lowest
earned run average in the Ma
tional League this year, under
went an operation yesterday for
removal of cartilage from his
right knee.
The ace left-hander, VIII O
posted a 23-7 mark, was operated
on at ST. Anthonys Hospital in
Oklahoma City, it was announced
by John Quinn, Braves general
manager. SPAIN injured the
knee during spring training,
Quinn said. 1t healed but dur
ing the season the cartilage
overlapped.
Dr.. Don O'Donahue, who per-
formed the operation, said SPAIN
would be released Sunday to re-
turn to his ranch home near
Hartshorne, Okla. The surgeon
said SPAIN would be on crutches
for two weeks and then could
resume normal activities with no
handicap.
Evening star., 1953-10-23
Horse Show Scheduled
Tomorrow al Vista Park

An Indian summer" horse
show sponsored by the Land and
Sea SportSmen' Club, Inc, will
be held at IL am. Sunday at
Vista Park, Md, seven miles
from Washington on Defense
Highway (Route 500.
King Rock, a veteran show
horse who placed among the first
10 in Madison Square Garden
competition two years ago, will
be among the entries in the 16
classes. He will be ridden by g.
year-old Carleen EdmundS.
Other prominent horses entered
are Timber Top, champion
jumper owned by Mr.. and Mrs.
r. B. Jordan of AmisSville. Va,
and Blue Mist. champion
hunter, to be shown by Roger
Hall of Norbeck, Md.
Trophies will be awarded by
Judge Almond Scott of District
Municipal Court and Mrs. Scott.
Evening star., 1953-10-23
BeIvoir Out 10 Keep
Undefeated Record in
Jacksonville Contest

Fort Belvoir, the only un-
beaten, united service team in
this area, meets the tough Ma
val Air Station team of jack
sonville, Fla, at Jacksonville to-
morrow.
If the Engineers get by this
one, an overflow crowd can be
expected the following week for
the Fort Belvoir Boiling game at
the air base.
Boiling travels to Norfolk for
game tomorrow against the
Little Creek Amphibs and Coach
Roger Antaya fears that his
team may be looking to the Bel
voir game.
Boiling, defending armed serv-
ices champion, lost it's first three
games to Fort Eustis, Fort Lee
and the Quantico Marines. but
since has beaten Army Chemical
and Fort Jackson.
Belvoir has won all five of it's
starts against West Chester (Pa.)
Teachers. Kent State. Toledo
University. the Marford Marines
and Fort EustiS.
The Quantico Marines also
have been winning and tomorrow
play Paris Islands Marines at
2 pm. at Quantico. The public
is invited to this game, free of
| charge.
The Marines lost by three
points to Cherry Point in their
opener, but since have beaten
Xavier. Boiling, Dayton, Fort
Eustis and Holy Cross. They'll
also have an interest in the Boil
ling-Belvoir game, for they meet
Belvoir November 26 at Griffith
Stadium in a charity game spon-
sored by the Variety Club.
Fort Meade plays at Fort
Monmouth, N. j., tonight, while
the Naval Receiving Station at
Anacostia plays host to Colum-
bian Prep at 2 pm. tomorrow
The public is invited to the Ana
costa game.
Evening star., 1953-10-23
Coss PAGES SWarthmore
To College Net Lead
ey the AssccIc!ed Press

LEWISBURG, Pa, Oct. %. (40.
-Swarthmore College today led
the Middle Atlantic collegiate
tennis tournament at Bucknell
University in team play as
quarter final singles match play
began.
Tim Coss of Swarthmore, the
Journeys top-seeded player, beat
Paul Eingrich, Juniata College,
6-1, 60 in opening action yes
terday. AL Holton. Bucknell. de-
feated John McMakin. Albright,
GO, 6-1. Coss halls from WASH
ington, D. c.
Swarthmore has four points
in the meeting. Bucknell and
Lehigh each have two and Wash
ington College scored one.
Opening doubles matches were
to get under way this afternoon.
Evening star., 1953-10-23
Native Dancer May Race
Abroad, Vanderbilt Hints
BY the Associuted Press

LEXINGTON, KY, Oct. 23.-
Alfred G. Vanderbilt dropped a
hint last night that Native
Dancer will be raced abroad
next year.
At a dinner in his honor,
given by the Thoroughbred Club
of America, Vanderbilt, owner
of the once-beaten turf cham
pion, remarked:
II have been asked many
times as to my plans for Native
Dancers future. If the horse
is all right, and I believe he will
be all right, he will race next
year either here or abroad. Be-
cause of his injury this fall. he
left a number of questions un-
answered. I believe he will
answer them satisfactorily in
1854"
Evening star., 1953-10-23
Mrs. Soule, Mrs. Bischoff
Vicfors in Golf Journeys

Mrs. Charles Soule and Mrs.
Ted Bischoff were winners in
ladies' days golf events yester-
day.
Mrs. Soude scored 115-36-79
to win the blind bogie tourna-
ment at Bethesda, while Mrs.
BiSchoff scored 104-36-68 to
win the ladies day tournament
at Indian Spring.
Mrs. Claude Rippy was Sec
ond to Mrs. Soule with 1856
80. Mrs. Champlain Buck and
Mrs. Keith little shared honors
in the putting event with 33's.
Mrs. Ruben Rudden posted
97-28-69 to take second and
Indian Spring. while Mrs. Will
liam Weitzen shot an "a for low
gross.
Evening star., 1953-10-23
International Field
Completed byChOice
OF American-Breds

With the field completed for
the second running of the
Washington Cd. c. Interna-
tional November 7. Laurel
officials will turn to lighter mat
tiers tonight, showing off their
new clubhouse and turf club at
q press-radio party.
Crafty Admiral, owned by the
Charfran Stable of Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Cohen, and Brook
meade Stables Sunglow will rep
resent the United States in the
international, a 112 mile race
on turf. They were selected by
a panel of newspapermen who
named Stanley C. Mikell's Brush
Burn and Mrs. Joseph P.
Keezek's Able Sting as alter
mates.
Seven Foreign Horses to Run.
The American-bred horses will
oppose seven of the best foreign
owned and bred horses, in addi-
ton to two aliens who will carry
the colors of American owners.
The two are Mrs. Esther dupont
Weir's Royal Vale and w.
Arnold Hangers Iceberg II.
The International may be the
last racing appearance of Crafty
Admiral, 1852 handicap cham
pion. The son of Fighting Fox
and Admiral'S Lady will enter
stud next year. Crafty Admiral
has earned $433,150, picking up
the major portion last year when
he won six stakes races. He has
won five stakes this year, taking
the Olympic, New York, Gulf
stream. McLennan and Royal
Palm HandicapS.
8, SunglOw Proves Ability.
Sunglow was out of action last
year. but returned this summer
to prove his ability on grass by
winning a division of the Board
walk Handicap at Atlantic City.
The 6-year-old son of Sun Again
scored his most notable victory
as a 3-year-old in the Chesa-
peake Stakes, the Saranac and
Discovery Handicaps. The fol-
lowing year SungloW won the
Widener Handicap. He was un-
raced as a 5-year-old.
Tonlght's party at Laurel will
be held in the Turf Club and will
be attended by many outStand-
ing racing personalities.
Evening star., 1953-10-23
Trucks Shades Ted Williams
For Comeback Honors in AL

Kinder of Boston and Bob Por-
terfield of Washington, four to
Infielder Ray Boone of Detroit,
two to Southpaw Eddie Lopat of
the New York Yankees and one
each to AL Rosen of Cleveland,
Bob Elliott of the White SoX and
Irv Noren of the Yankees.
The so ballots cast for Will
liams was a tremendous tribute
to the Red Sox slugger who
turned in spectacular .407
batting mark in 81 games in
August and September following
his return from Korea.
In 81 official times at bat,
Williams cracked 81 hits includ-
ing 13 home runs and six two
baggers. He drove in "a runs
and amassed 81 total bases for a
phenomenal .901 slugging aver
age.
The comeback of Trucks is an
amazing story of a different kind.
The f1reballer was absolutely
useless in 1949. A mysterious
shoulder ailment laid him low
for practically the entire season.
His arm regained some of its
strength the following year. But
in 1851 Trucks, then with De-
troit, spent a miserable year,
Despite his two no-hitterS. he
won only five Of his "a decisions
for the worst record of any
American League hurler.
Stars Under Richards.
Trucks was traded to the
Browns the following winter but
that proved only a stopgap for
the sturdy Alabaman. Under
Paul Richards. he reeled off 10
straight triumphs for Chicago
and worked his way to the No. /
spot on the staff with his first 20
game season. He took part in 40
games, pitched 264 innings, II
complete games and five shut
outs. He famed 148 batters and
turned in an earned run percent
age of 2.93, second best in the
league
FurillO Edges Hodges.
In the National League Carl
Furlllo was voted comeback hon
orS for increasing his hitting av-
erage nearly 100 points to win
the league batting title with an
average of .344
The Brooklyn outfielder edged
Teammate Gil Hodges for the
accolade. The rif1e-armed Penn
sylvanian received 66 votes while
SIS selected Hodges.
Twenty National League play
ers were mentioned in the bal
loting. Monte Irwin of the
Giants was third with 81 votes,
followed by Gus Bell of Gin
cinnati, with IL, and Warren
SPAIN of Milwaukee with 7.
Last year Furillo, hampered by
eye trouble, finished the season
in dismal fashion, batting only
PAT. He underwent an opera
ton during the winter and when
spring training rolled around the
30-year-old defensive stalwart
showed that he had regained his
batting eye.
Evening star., 1953-10-23

monument, but the man was a
prime mover in organizing the
Southern Conference, and you
can detect his hand in the recent
development of the new and
more powerful Atlantic Coast
Conference.
Baron Revived OlympicS.
What about the late Baron
Pierre de Coubertin, founder of
the modern Olympics? His work
in reviving the games gives
American trackmen a chance to
test their skill and power against
the worlds best every four years.
That seems to merit a place on
the list.
A fellow can null over this
idea and think of scores of
others, such as bowl-game pro-
moters, rules-makerS, ETC., and
we were penciling few ideas
when Dick Mccain. the Red
skins general manager, took a
look at the list.
you've left out the most i'm
portant man of them ALL" he
commented.
Meaning who?
Meaning the guy who in
vented teleVision," McCann re-
piled. Hes the one who brought
baseball, boxing, football, horse
racing. wrestling and track right
into everybody'S living room. He
changed family life completely
and made sports fans out of al
most everybody"
Richard seemed to have a
point there. SO, one vote for
Vladimir SwoiSkin, the man who
made TV possible for the masses.
Evening star., 1953-10-23
Shoemuker's One Win
Runs Total to 3o8
BY the Asseeiated Press

ALBANY, Calf, Oct. 23.-It's
1913 wins this year for Willie
Shoemaker, with every triumph
increasing his world record.
He won one race at Golden
Gate Fields yesterday, riding
Better Value to $3.50 victory.
Tapering off, he sat out four of
the eight races, but is scheduled
to ride all eight today.
Evening star., 1953-10-23
Surgery for Ex-Chump

BUFFALO, N. Y, Oct. % (P).-
Rocky Kansas, So, former worlds
lightweight boxing champion,
was recuperating today from an
operation at Roswell Park Me-
mortal Institute here. A doctor
at the institute said the former
champ was mot doing too well,
but not doing too badly either"
He said another operation might
be necessary.
Evening star., 1953-10-23
Fiqhts Last Niqht
Iy the Associated Press

YOUNGSTOWN. Ohio Chubby
%rtght,. 1882; .Resding;. Pa. outpointed
Rocky Jones, l76. New York GO)
FALL RIVER. MaSs.-JoSe Morell
1876, New York, stopped Bobby English
= NEWARK. n. J'.Dick Cannadv, 15a.
Newark outpointed Andy DePaul, 161.
CNffSide Park tSl.
WORCESTER. MaSs.--Jackie Wilson,
la Quincy. Mass. outpointed Bob Boil
ton, 50. Quonset Point. R. I. tSi.
DETROIT-Tommy Leede Detroit
outpointed Jackie Fisher. Grand Rapids
80. ,tMiddleweights. but exact weights
unavailableD
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.--Lester Eel
ton, I4S. Detroit. outpointed Luther
KANSAS CITY Dave Sonny" Shade
131, Charleston. w. Va, outpointed Bot
Rickle. 135. Topeka O0l.
Evening star., 1953-10-23

made an IN
d e lible i'm
preston on
modern sports.
They must not
be athletes,
like Babe Ruth
a n d j a C k
Dempsey, you
TN d e.r stand,
but men such
as club own
ers, promoters,
etc.
One of our
top pic k S
- 1.
Evening star., 1953-10-23

A fellow can stir up all sorts
of arguments by merely asking
a couple of others to name the
non-playing captains who have
Evening star., 1953-10-23

Sizes II to l8 for boys and
oirIs. Two coots in one-re-
versibIe to smooth sotin. Sizes
SO TO 46 9.S8
Evening star., 1953-03-08
2 Missouri Valley Teams
EIimin1ted From Tourney

NEW YORK, Mar. 7 (P).-The
st. Johns Redmen, hot team
at the end of the season, turned
in their peak performance to-
night to whip the favored ST.
Louis University Billikens, 81-66,
in the opening round of the Ma
tional Invitation Tournament.
Duquesne trounced Tulsa,
$3.50, in the first game, the two
games thus eliminating both OF
the entries from the Missouri
Valley Conference
St. Johns will play La Sale,
the defending NIT champion and
Louisville will meet Manhattan
Monday night in the second
round games. Two late starters
in the 12-team tournament, Nj
agara and Brigham Young, will
make their first appearance
against each other the same
night. Duquesne's second-round
game against Western Kentucky
will be played Tuesday.
Evening star., 1953-03-08
Rueiqh Tournament Notes
MiIIikon Rops Zone Defense;
WINS Talent Went Astrdy

not in the tournament. The
one they are referring to is the.
North Carolina State Freshmen,
who are supposed ito be terrific.
They say the State Frosh
were withheld this: year so they
would be eligible for the 1856
season and the Olympic tryouts.
which is a new high in basket
ball emphasis.
This department often has
criticized basketball officials, but !
for a change the work of the
five men in this tournament,
Washington's Arnold Heft and
Phil Fox, Richmond's George
Gasser, Jim Mills of Mooresville,
N. c.. and Howard Burmeister
of Charleston, S. c., has been
excellent, particularly the work
OF Fox and Heft Conference
football coaches are not en-
vious of George Barclay of North
Carolina They take a look
at his assistants-Marvin Bass.
former head coach at William
and Mary. Bill Edwards, former
head coach at Vanderbilt, and
Jim Gill. who aspired to Bar
clay's job-and figure there will
be an awful lot of second-guess-
ing And Johnny Nicholson,
former head coach at Pitt, may
be added to the staff.
One reason for N. c. States
basketball success is it's spirit
g.. Hundreds of students who
could not purchase tickets to
the semifinals, and who had lis
tened to the game n their
rooms, stormed the Coliseum
after States uphill victory over
Wake Forest They marched
through the Coliseum, creating
a terrific din, and carried the
State players out on their
shoulders This was the first
time State had been 16 points
behind in a tournament game
Coach Chuck Nee of VMI said
he had received a number of
calls after the VMI-Maryland
game, asking how he had held
Maryland's Gene Shue to seven
points Noe disclaimed any
credit, saying Shue had one of
those off-nights, and if he had
been hitting would have scored
so points.
A prominent basketball exec
utive, looking over the confer
ence tournament before picking
an All-America team, said Shue
would be a greater player with
N. C. State, West Virginia or
teams with a different style than
Maryland's "Shue is handi-
capped playing with a team that
uses a set offense," he said .
Hes one of the greatest drib-
blers I've ever seen, and on his
own he'd score many more points
than he does with Maryland"
Evening star., 1953-03-08
Catholic u.
(Continued From Page CID

in a good body attack against
Glover Garner. But this scrap
was anticlimatical.
Norman DiCarlantonio scored
GUS other victory with a clean
cut decision over hard-hitting
Bob Rush in a 139-pound en-
counter.
Virginia's superiority in the
other classes was undisputed.
The Cavaliers scored in three
bouts that were stopped, all in
the second round, and Lew Lab
orwits won over Parth Buckley
in a hotly contested 125-pound
curtainraiser.
The summaries:
125 pounds-Lew Laborits (Va.) de-
cisioned Barth Buckley.
1872 pounds-Bill Bancroft VaD TKO'd
Miles McAndrews at the end of the
I39 pounds-Norman Dicarlantonio
&C. " decisioned Bob Rush.
147 pounds-Bernie Pannone &C "
156 .pounds-Pete Potter !Va:l TKo'd
Gene Metecko in the second round:
stoned Joe Della Rata.
HeavyWeight-Tom DeCicco &C. u
decisioned Glover Garner.
Evening star., 1953-03-08
By MerreII WhittIesey
Stor Stuff Correspondent

RALEIGH, N. c., Mar. 7
Coach Bud Millikan of Maryland
is being frozen out of games
with teams in North Carolina
because of the Terps' possession
of-play style, and Millikan
doesn't like it Duke and
North Carolina State openly
refuse to play Maryland. and
North Carolina is baking. Bud
has a point in that the schools
in this area all use the zone de-
fense, which he claims is more
Objectionable to the fans than
control ball.
William and Mary might have
been in tonigEt's Southern Con-
ference title game If the Indians
had made contact with two
players who were headed here.
Navy's Don Lange and Rich
mond's Ed Harrison both were
William and Mary-bound when
something happened Bones
Mckinney, who used to make
all the long trips with the Wash
ington Caps by train while his
teammates took planes, made
his first trip by air this sea-
son Bones had to stay in
Wake Forest for an afternoon
class and make a night game in
Columbia, S. c.. and the only
way to do it was fly:
$3.50 :
Commissioner Wallace Wade o1
the Southern Conference, dis
cussing the two-platoon system
before the sports writer's, tolc
of one plan that would have
divided football games into eight
periods Of 71a minutes. and ir
those periods a player could no1
re-enter the game :. Fortunate
ly, the plan was rejected.
Notre Dame, Louisiana Stat'
and Wyoming all have turned
down invitations to next year.
Dixie Classic, the eight-tean
Christmas holiday tournamen
here. The Irish tentativel!
accepted, but later withdrew. :.
The field will be the usual foul
teams from this area. plus Navy
Seton Hall, Oregon State and
team to be named. :. Coach Ret
Laird of VPI was not here tt
attend any of the meetings of th'
basketball coaches. The stor!
is that VPI is tired of being
pushed around and is making :
play for basketball talent.
Laird is on a scouting trip IL
Kentucky, and VPI official sait
he virtually had been told II
produce, or else. Heretofor
Laird was working under the as
sumption that basketball wa
just another sport that had to b.
played without scholarships.
The basketball fans and sport
writer's here claim the best team
in the Southern Conference i
Evening star., 1953-03-08

st. Mary's of Annapolis and
John Carroll won last nights
semifinal games in the Priory
High School invitation basketball
tournament and meet at 4 pm.
today for the title.
st. Mary's defeated Landon.
53-40, in the first game and Car
roll disposed of Friends, 1888, in
the second last night.
Frank Wightman's % points
and Charlie Mays ball handling
were large factors in Carrolls
victory. With Bill Hessler also
helping with the scoring, Carroll
took a 1914 halftime lead and
never was threatened, although
Friends came up with a 25-po1nt
spree in the last period.
The st. Mary's-Landon game
was tight for the first half, with
the eventual winner holding only
a two-point lead at the end OF
the first quarter and at the halt.
That largely was due to success
at the foul line, with Dill Dame
yer best in this department with
four for five.
Evening star., 1953-03-08
By the AssociotOd Press

JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Mar. 7.
Babe Zaharias missed seven
puts from eight to nine feet and
still shot a one under mems par
II today to catch Patty Berg
after SO holes of the Jackson
vile Women's open golf tourna-
ment.
Miss Berg, playing out Of st.
Andrews, ILL.,, had IA to go with
her f1rst-round 50 which set a
new course record. Mrs. ZahariaS,
had 70 opening day.
Each of these two veterans
takes 143 into tomorrow's final
18 holes of the medal play tour
nament.
Louise Suggs, defending champ
ion here and current National
Women's open mpion
matched the Babes sub-par II
and was in third place with 146.
Most of Mrs. Zaharias' missed
puts resulted in pars. Her iron
shots were getting her in close
enough to go for the birdie
nearly everytime and once she
canned a 10-foot putt for an
eagle.
Miss Berg's trouble was mostly
Evening star., 1953-03-08
The top 20 scorers:
George Mason 0Vertakes
Madison 10 Win, 6O-56

George Mason High of Falls
Church came from behind in the
last 3 minutes to defeat Madison
High, 60-56, last night at Madi-
son and win a place in the Vir-
ginia State basketball champion
ship playoffs for Class III schools.
John Tasker and Charles Var
borough led the late drive. with
Marlborough contributing five
points in the last minute. Tasker
and Bill Berger were high scorers
for George Mason with Is each,
but individual honors went to
two Madison players, j. r.
Nichol with 20 and Don Murray
with 18.
Evening star., 1953-03-08
Ext Tank Sergeant,
And Two 0therLittIe
Golfers Trail FaVorite
BY the Assoeiatsd Press

BATON ROUGE, La, Mar. 7.
Sammy Snead, past master OF
the long irons, slammed away
with his woods for a f1ve-under-
par 81 today to take over undis-
puted lead at the three-quarter
mark of the $4,000 Baton
Rouge open golf tournament.
A 215-yard blast with a num-
Der three wood landed the vet
eran from White Sulphur
Springs, w. Va, within an
eagle putt of the pin on the
ninth hole, the turning point
in the scorching round which
gave him 54-hole total of 204.
A gallery of more than 1000
trouped over the 6,411-yard
Baton Rouge Country Club
course, cheering Snead, the pre-
tourney favorite.
Snead added three brides to
his eagle on the ninth hole for a
five stroke lead over John Bar
mum of Grand Rapids, Mich;
Fred Wampler of Indianapolis
and Dick Mayer of st. Peters,
burg. Fla.
Mayer, 28-year-old former tank
sergeant, who shared second-day
honors with Snead, had to
scramble nightly for a par 72
in an Inflated threesome that
saw the sudden collapse of Bill
Nary, Los Angeles, and Freddie
HaSs, jr., New Orleans, both top
contenders yesterday.
Nary blew to miserable 81
while Hass fell eight strokes off
the pace with IA.
Barnum stayed close to the top
of the heap by chipping out OF
q sand trap into the cup for
an eagle on the 14th hole and
came in with IL.
Wampler fired another 50 to
duplicate his second-day show
ing and drew into the three-way
jam-up behind Snead.
Grouped at 210 were Wallie
Ulrich, Austin, Mimi; Marty
Furgol, Lamont, ILL.,; Jackie
Burke, jr., Kiamesa Lake. N. Y;
Ted Kroll. New Hartford, N. y.
and Walter Burkemo, Franklin,
Mich.
Ulrich, we'll down in the heap
yesterday, matched Snead's 81
to zoom into contention.
Defending Champion Burke
carded a 68 and showed signs
Of again roaring into the home
stretch as he has done in his
last three tournaments.
DR.. Cary Middlecoff. the Mem
phis dentist. cured his trouble
some putting and also fashioned
a sizzling 81 to join Jim Ferrier
Of San Francisco at 311.
Ferrier got an eagle on the
18th hole and came in with a SO.
Sharing the 212 berth with
Haas was Felice Torza of st.
Charles. ILL.,, who carded a 10.
Tommy Morrow. pint-sized
sophomore from Louisiana State
University, continued his mas
terry over the amateur ranks
with a third-day total of 213.
but went over par for the third
time today. The 19-year-old
golfer finished with a 73.
Also at 213 were Henry Will
liams, jr., of Reading, Pa, and
Tommy Bolt of Maplewood. N. j.
) Snead drained off most of the
galleries from the f1ame-tem-
pered Bolt, who blasted a neat
SO.
The top 20 scorers:
Evening star., 1953-03-08

Virginia Hoyns and Donal
Jacoby, Philadelphia. and Mr..
and Mrs. Edward Bodel Of San
Francisco finished behind Miss
Peters and Ryan.
Tenley Albright, worlds
champion figure skater from
Newton Center, Mass, won the
ladies singles. Carol HeisS. New
York, and Barbara Grafton, To-
ronto, were second and third.