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Evening star., 1953-10-14
On the Air
Gleason Had Cause to Howl
On That Black Saturday
BY Harry Macarthur

Don't take too seriously any
Of those stories about Jackie
Gleason giving cast and crew
ulcers on a recent Saturday. If
anybody was getting ulcers, you
can take it from an eye witness,
it was Mrs Gleason himself. It
Is true that everybody put in a
rough afternoon (including the
Dodger fan in the girls choir,
who rehearsed her songs with a
portable radio pressed to one
ear). It is true that Gleason gave
up in despair about 6 o'clock
and informed CHS executives
that they'd better have a kline
scope ready to run at 8 o'clock.
It is true that the show had a
ragged look that evening.
But none of this can be blamed
on any displays of temperament
by the star. When Gleason
startled all hands by announcing
that he wasn't going on that
night, it wasn't temperament
faring. He just knew that an
old Gleason show on kinescope
would be better than the, one
he'd have to do that night be-
cause of circumstances beyond
his control. A perfectionist at
his trade, he undoubtedly felt
that a good old show would be
preferable to a poor new one.
X x X X
Gleason, as Milton Berle used
to do before Goodman Ace was
brought into his life, takes COM
plete charge of his television en-
tertainment. 1t has to be right
for him, not merely for the
nominal director and producer.
People who work in this manner
do not endear themselves to
every one and it does not help
them any if they are right SO
times out of 100.
Gleason, for instance, was
sweating over the blending of
opening film, theme music and
introductions on that day he was
having all his troubles. A tram
sition in the music bothered him.
He asked for a change and the
orchestra leader argued against
it. It would be clumsy Gleason's
way, the musician said, and
wouldn't work at all. '"Try it,"
the comic ordered. Turned out
to sound much better Gleason's
way.
It was the set department
which was responsible for the
blow-up which was the basis for
reports of Gleason's display Of
temperament. When the set for
a new sketch he was introducing
was delivered that Saturday
morning, Gleason let out a howl
of anguish. 81 even draw pic
lures for them and they can't
get it right" he walled. But he
was not merely demanding to
have things his own way, nor
was he being petty when he tried
to get the set rebuilt.
The simple physical fact was
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Evening star., 1953-10-14

that the sketch couldn't be
played to the cameras as he had
planned it in that set. A man
has a right to rebel sometimes
and this. to Gleason, was one of
them.
The state of his temperament
was indicated when he played
for a brief chat between re-
hearsal chores. He complained
mildly of a pain amidships,
which had been bothering him
for a couple of weeks, the cause
of which hadn't yet been tracked
down.
"I've had more pictures taken
of my stomach than of my kisser
this season." he said.
docs it look any better?" he
was asked.
"1t has a much better color"
he said as he went back to work.
This did not sound at all like
a man hard to get along with.
GOOD YEAR-While Mr..
Gleason had had his troubles,
this has been a fine season for
some of the other comics on TV.
Jimmy Durante was superb
as he made his bow on 1.-The
Comedy Hour" last Sunday
night. He'll be welcome as
often as he comes around.
Martha Raye had the whole
New York TV trade talking in
Superlatives after her opener on
"All Star Revue" Including
Sid Caesar, who celebrated his
night off from "Your Show of
Shows" by sitting at home and
laughing at his replacement"
:. Caesar himself has come up
with some fine comedy moments,
like that Russian Arthur Cod
frey doing a Muscovite Talent
Scouts" You could have
picked up a nice bit of loot,
incidentally, selling hot kline
scopes of this around the CHS
executive offices. Danny
Thomas seems surely to have
found his television niche with
that slick situation comedy.
Make Room for Daddy"
And Milton Berle has turned
out to be one of the more well
come of the seasons funsters,
settling even more comfortably
into last seasons new" formal.
X 4 + 4
BING'S FIRST-Bing Crosby
has set the date for his first
commercial television show. 1t
will be done Sunday, December
27. for his radio sponsor, over
CBS-TV, probably on film made
by, match, Bing Crosby Enter
priSes. Heretofore the Groaner
has confined his TV to telethons
and brief filmed guest appear
ances and he has no immediate
television plans beyond the
single December show.
X X X
THE SQUELCH-Wanda Lam
dowska, the noted hardSichord-
ist, who will appear on NBC-TV
on Sunday, October Is, once got
into an argument with another
noted musician. Maybe more
than once, but this time the SUBJ
ject was the proper interpreta-
ton of the music of Bach. There
was some difference of opinion
and the discussion got heated
until Nine. Landowska put an
end to it. .,
"All right" she declared
firmly. "You play Bach your
way and I'll play Bach his way!"
Evening star., 1953-10-14
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Evening star., 1953-01-09
High Schools
Continued From PAGE C.1.)

years that there is no clear-cut
preseason favorite.
st. Anthony's, one of the bet
ter Catholic League teams, meets
new John Carroll High in the
nlghtcap of a double header this
afternoon at Priory. George
town Prep was scheduled against
st. Paul's in the opener at $3.50.
The Interhigh Division II
League opens at Springarn High,
with Springarn meeting Arm
strong at 1880 and Dunbar fac
ing Cardozo at 8.
Undefeated Washington Lee
visits Mount Vernon at 8 O'Clock
tonight in a Northern Virginia
League game. while Suitland en-
tertains Northwestern at $50 in
a Prince Georges League game
HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL.
Coolidge VS.. Western tTechl. 7:30 p m
Gonzaga at Mckinley Tech, $50 p m
Dunbar VS.. Cardozo tSpringarn)
8 pm.
St. Anthony VS.. Carroll. at Priory
4:45 pm.
GEORGETOWN Prep VS.. st. Paul's Al
Priory, $50 pm;
St. Johns VS.. Blair American ~
St. Mary's tAnn.l at DeMatha. SPIN
Bladensburg at B-C.C.. pm
Wash.-Lee at Mt. Vernon, 8 pm.
sidwell Friends at Boys Latin. $3.50
pm.
ST. Alhans at Bait Friends. $40 m
Northwestern at Suitland. Q pm.
Gwynn Park at Sasscer, Z pm.
Fails CHURCH at Chamberlain. pm
Gaithersburg at Sherwood, 7:15 pm
Arundel at Laurel. 8 pm.
Rockville at ST. Stephens, $3.50 pm
Damascus at Poolesville. 7:l5 pm
Thomas Jefferson at George wash
tngton, 8 pm.
George Mason st Herndon, s pm
Parker Gray at Walker tRlch.),
HIGH SCHOOL SOCCER.
Blair at Landon, $3.50 pm.
Evening star., 1953-01-09
By MerreII WhittIesey

The American Foot tball
Coaches Association honored
Biggie Mum as coach of the
year at the Scripps- s-Howard din
ner last night, listened respect
fully to Richard Nixon, Vice
President = elect, cheered their
outgoing president, and then Bo
Rowland took over.
The little fellow who resigned
at George Washington last year
after 81 years in the coaching
profession had the 500 guests at
the Statler right smack in the
aisles. Bo's Arkansas tWang
never went over better.
He told some new stories and,
because he's been away several
months in his new employer re-
lations job, even his old ones
were funny.
II heard you all were coming
here to clean up Washington, -
Bo said, with glance at the
Vice President-elect. II took
you at your word. I got out of
here last June"
Rowland took over after the
televised portion of the program
was concluded. In the only
serious portion of his speech. Bo
criticized North Carolina for it's
treatment of Carl Snavely. He
is president of the Football
Coaches Association" Bo said,
land there's no president of any
group in America more capable
in his field" Bo coached under
Snavely for four years at Cor
nell.
Nixon touched on the tele-
vision question. the most weighty
one of the NCAA convention
here. "As a fan I would like to
see as many television programs
as I can, but coming from a
small college (Whittier) I realize
their problems" The Vice Presi-
dent-elect said that coming
from California, naturally he
favored bowls. And he doesn' t
see anything wrong with scholar
ships as long as a boy gets his
education"
There was loud applause for
Snavely when he said one of the
faults with college football was
the demand for profits over and
Evening star., 1953-01-09
By Brion Bell. Jr.

The Lions, Washington's East
ern Hockey League representa-
tive, need to pay almost as
much attention to the National
League schedule as their own.
Cliff Hicks, sensational young
goalie, is the reason for this
concern with the big league
schedule. Hicks is the National
League reserve net tender in
New York.
The National League keeps a
reserve goalie available in each
city so the customers won't have
to watch a defenseman trying
to play goal tender if the regu-
lar netman is hurt. Hicks be-
longs to the league and plays
for the team that needs him.
When he doesn't have to be in
New York, the Lions get him.
Hicks value can be seen with
one glance at his record. Cliff
has played only three Eastern
League matches. one with Troy
and two with Washington. He
is averaging two-thirds of a goal
surrendered. having beaten
Washington, 20. with Troy and
winning 81 over New Haven and
6-1 over Johnstown with the
Lions.
Good news for Washington
fans is the announcement that
the Lions will be able to use the
22-year-old Hicks for nine of
their next IL games. It seems
from now on the Lions get a
break in their schedule and will
not conflict with the regular
Wednesday and Sunday dates of
the Rangers.
Dennis Mooney, who tends goal
when Hicks is not available, has
his good and bad nights but the
team seems to have more con-
f1dence in Hicks and plays bet
ter when he is in the nets.
A colorful player, Cliff is a
favorite of the crowd. Against
Johnstown Saturday night, the
Evening star., 1953-01-09
Regatta
Continued From Page CID

nificance. It will mark the 101st
year of rowing rivalry between
the Crimson and Blue.
Choice of Washington for the
regatta site was the result of
concerted effort by alumni clubs
here, spearheaded by Cornell
graduates and especially Gran
dali, who was a varsity coxsWain.
The alumni joined with civic
and governmental leaders to
form the Washington Rowing
Association.
Officers and directors of the
association are: Crandall, presi-
dent; Rear Admiral A. H. Van
Keuren of Navy and Archie r.
Sabin of Columbia, vice presi-
dents; Richard w. Lawrence of
Syracuse. secretary. and Powell
Browning, jr.. of Pennsylvania,
counsel, and Clarence A. Arata.
general manager of the Greater
National Capital Committee,
treasurer.
| Washington Directors Listed.
The directors include: Brig.
Gen. Louis w. Prentiss. District
Engineer Commissioner Brig.
Gen. Bernard L. Robinson, Ad-
miral Merlin v. O'Neill, COM
mandant of the Coast Guard:
Rear Admiral George H. Fort.
commandant of the Potomac
River Naval Command; Rear Ad-
miral L. S. Parks. Chief of Naval
Information: Col. Alan j. Nc
Cutchen, Corps of Engineers and
Edward j. Kelly, superintendent
of the National Parks Service.
/ Interest in the competition
here will be heightened, it is
expected. by a series of dual and
triangular regattas preceding it.
These will include the Childs
Cup Regatta matching Colum-
bia. Princeton and Pennsylvania;
the Blackwell Cup, pitting Co.
lumbia and Yale; the Compton
Cup (Harvard, NIT and Prince
TOM; Goldthwaite Cup (Har-
ward. Princeton and Yale):
Adams Cup CHarvard, Navy and
PENN and Carnegie Cup (Cor-
nell, Yale and Princeton).
Evening star., 1953-01-09
Caste||ani, Jones Box
For New Class Ratinq
By the Associated Press

NEW YORK, Jan. 9.-Rocky
Castellani and Ralph (Tiger)
Jones, both ranked among the
top eight middleweights in the
world, have a chance to move
into contention for the title
vacated by Sugar Ray Robinson
tonight when they meet in a
10-rounder at Madison Square
Garden.
Members of the National Box
ing Associations Executive Com
mittee. scheduled to meet with
the New York State Athletic
Commission tomorrow. will be
present at ringside with local
officials. AS they are to act on
middleweight title tournament
over the week end. they should
be ripe for convincing by a
decisive winner. The bout will
be carried on radio and televi-
sion.
(The fight will be telecast
over WNBW in Washington
and broadcast by Station
WMAL, starting at 10 p.m.)
The NBA ranks Castellani, 25,
of Luzerne. Pa. No. 5 in the
class. and gives Jones. a "a
year-old Yonkers IN. " Negro.
the No spot.
Castellani is 13-to-lO
favorite.
The winner, unless badly cut,
gets Pierre Langlois of Paris in
the Garden February s.
Evening star., 1953-01-09
Defeat Of Richmond
Helps Sharpen Terps
For Game With Hoyas

The Maryland and George
town basketball teams, which
meet tomorrow night at College
Park, will have gruelling games
Immediately behind them and
both coaches are hoping their
clubs will bounce back after be-
ing. involved in overtime engage
ments last night.
Georgetown dropped an over
time decision to George Wash
ington last night, while the
Terps capitalized on Gene Shue's
great play to defeat Richmond,
$500, in a Southern Conference
thriller in Richmond.
It was a highly satisfactory vic
tory for Maryland. which now
has an overall record of To.
Coach Bud Millikan had ex-
pressed misgivingS about beat
ing Richmond, regarded as the
conference sleeper" on its own
court. ...- ....
With four seconds to go in
regulation time, Millikan's mis-
givings appeared justified. With
so seconds left the Spiders held
a 57-53 lead but Morris Levin
clicked on pair of foul shots
and with the four seconds re-
manning. Shue slipped in the
field goal which tied the score
at 57-57.
Shue, who tossed in 80 points
to set a Maryland mark, almost
single e-handedly led the Terps to
their fifth conference victory in
six games. The Terps have lost
only to North Carolina and
Penn.
Shue quickly tipped in two
quick layups in the overtime
period and Richmond never
caught up. Shue also was a de-
fensive standout as Maryland
held Richmond's freshman
dominated team scoreless from
the floor for the first Is minutes.
Maryland held a 34-24 halftime
lead but the Spiders put on q
fine comeback.
Ed Harrison, the Nations Sec
ond-ranking star in field goal
accuracy. scored 81 points for
Richmond.
Evening star., 1953-01-09
Lions Grateful About Loan
OF Ace GooIie From New York

lone goal scored on Hicks was
very questionable. From the
stands it appeared the puck had
never gotten across the line.
When the red light was turned
on signifying the point, Hicks
charged. the goal judge and
pounded on the screen in front
of the official. It didn't change
the decision but the fans liked
his spirit.
Hicks has been skating since
he was 9. He became a goalie
because of his small size-noW
5-foot-10 and 140 pounds. Few
goalies in pro hockey are large
and spectators often wonder why
this is so since a big goalie
would shield more Of the net.
When youngsters start play
ing hockey in Canada all the
boys want to be defenSemen and
wingers, hockey experts explain.
The smallest boy with the least
say in the matter is pushed into
the nets in the neighborhood
games and keeps that position
as he grows older.
Cliff, whose home is in Otta-
wa. played for the Sydney Mil
lionaires in the fast Maritime
Major League in Canada last
season and trained with the
Rangers last fall. Washington
hockey fans are looking forward
for tomorrow nights engage
ment with Troy when Cliff is
scheduled to return to the
Washington goal.
Evening star., 1953-01-09
Pro Bowl
Continued From Page CID

Brown of runner-up Cleveland
is handling the American Divi-
sion team for the third straight
time.
The American Division won
the first game. a thriller played
before 53.676 fans. 1927. Last
year. with rain cutting the
crowd down to 19.400, the Ma
tionals thumped out a 30-13 tri-
umph.
If the weather is good, another
$4,000 turnout is expected.
The fans are promised the
best in football, offensive and
defensive.
Any time you get players such
as Layne or Van Brocklin pass
ing to receivers like Elroy Cray
Legs) Hirsch, Cloyce Box or
Rookie Bill Howton, there is
bound to be action.
The same goes for Graham.
Finks or 1rippi to Elbie Nickel,
or Hugh Taylor of the Redskins.
Each player on the winning
team collects 5000 and the losers
get $500.
Evening star., 1953-01-09
Rowland Has Coaches lin Aisle
During Football Party Talk

above the amount required for
football.
There was only mild applause
for Snavely when he rose to
speak, but after asserting that
there was too much desire to
win, demand for profits and lack
of confidence in the Judgment
of coaches, the veteran received
a resounding ovation when he
concluded his address.
Coaches no longer will be per-
mitted to pick football winners
if the AFCA approves today the
code of ethics for football men
drawn by a committee headed by
Dud DeGrcot of New Mexico.
former Redskins coach.
A 14-page document was
drawn up. with the major OBJ
jective being to help maintain
the highest standards of the
game and to elevate the profess
sion. If a coach is guilty of an
infraction, the penalty will be
expulsion from the association,
which DeGroot said would cer-
tainly put a coach in a bad light
with his and other colleges.
On the controversial point of
denying the press admittance to
dressing rooms for Is minutes.
the time element was omitted
from the resolution, but report
ers will not be admitted until
a coach has had an opportunity
to complete the responsibilities
to his players.
Ralph Furey of Columbia, the
graduate manager of athletics,
sharply criticized a handout by
the DuMont Co. in which it
printed random comment from
sports writer's which DuMont
claimed favored unlimited tele-
vision.
Furey said the words were
twisted and parts of sentences
were selected just to prove Du-
Mont's point. "They have Grant
land Rice favoring unlimited
television, when I happen to
know he's on our side and there
are many other cases." F'urey
said. There was no answer from
DuMont, which answered al
most everything else.
Evening star., 1953-01-09
Cards Lose, 1880;
Face AU Tonight

American University and Cath
olic u, both rusty in their post
holiday debuts. hope to find the
range against each other tonight
in the first of their annual home
and-home series at $3.50 at Cath
olic U.
Both the Eagles and the Car
dlnals are under graduate
coaches who are in their first
year as head coaches. Dutch
Schulze at AU and Gene Szklarz.
American U. probably will be
without its playmaker. Bud DAILY.
who sprained his ankle Wednes-
day night in AUS loss to Ran
dolph- Macon. Jimmy Williams,
a Blair High School product, will
take his place. AU has a 4-3
record Tor the season and is FL
in the Mason-D Dixon Conference.
Catholic u. started fast
against Towson Teachers in
Baltimore last night and led,
1913, at the quarter, but Tow
son took a three-point lead at
halftime and won easily, 1880.
The loss was the ninth straight
for Gu, all but one in Mason
Dixon Conference play.
George Hughes scored IL of
Gus Is points in the first period
against ToWson, but he wasn't
getting much help. He sprained
his ankle just before the half
and although he returned later
he had cooled off. Hal Freeman
scored Is for the Cards.
Evening star., 1953-01-09
NCAA May Act Today
On Spring Practice;
Games Limit Urged

The National Collegiate Ath-
letic Association may turn to
limiting the number of football
and basketball games a school
may play. Up to now, regula-
tions along that line have been
handled by conferences.
A special committee of the
NCAA. meeting at the 47th an
nual convention at the May
flower Hotel, recommends limit
ing football games to 10 sea-
son, with nine the ideal number,
The basketball limitation would
be 26 games, not including
Christmas holiday tournaments,
with. % the ideal number.
The committee report also
recommends that football prac-
tice not start before September
and that basketball practice
not start until the third full
week of October. Both also are
matters heretofore handled by
conferences.
Won't Act Until Mex Year.
The NCAA won't take any
action on these proposals until
its convention next year in Gin
cinnati.
| Up for consideration today, or
possibly tomorrow if today's tele-
vision session takes too long,
are changes in the present linn
itation of 20 days of spring
football practice. One proposal
extends to SO instead of 80 the
number of calendar days in
which the 20 days of practice
can take place; an alternate
proposal raises the number of
plactice days to 30. On out-of-
season basketball practice. the
NCAA will consider raising the
present limitation of "a days
to 80 days.
May Tighten Enforcement.
Also to come up In today'S OF
tomorrow's closing sessions is
machinery for tightening the
NCAA's disciplinary action. AS
it is now, only the annual con-
vention can take disciplinary ac-
ton. The constitutional amend
ments coming up give the NCAA
Council some disciplinary pow
ers, short of suspension or ex-
pulsion.
Along that line is the official
convention vote against Ken
lucky, Midwestern University
and Bradley to come up today
or tomorrow, more likely to-
morrow. The schools in question
already have accepted the sug-
gestions made, so the conven-
ton action will be merely a for
mality.
The treasurer's report sub
mitted to the convention today
showed the NCAA is in a gen.
orally healthy financial condi-
ton. For the first time in re-
cent years. the 1852 income was
more than expenses.