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Evening star., 1953-12-18
Oklahoma Squad Stages
Full Scrimmoqe Today

NORMAN, Okla, Dec. 18 (P).
The Oklahoma football squad
chose up sides for today's full
game scrimmage which will cli-
max two weeks of workouts for
the Orange Bowl game with
Maryland New Years Day.
Both teams practiced plays
against the freshmen in yeSter-
days session. Gene Calame, reg
ular starter, was quaterbacking
one of them and his understudy.
Pat O'Neal, the other.
Running with Calame were
regulars Jack Cling and Larry
Grigg at the halves, and Bob
'Burris at full. With O'Neal were
Buddy Leake and Merrill Green,
halves, and Jerry Donaghey,
fullback.
Halfback Tom Carroll, still
nursing a knee injury suffered
during the season, was the only
starter being kept out of contact
work by trainers. He is expected
to play at Miami barring COM
plications.
Evening star., 1953-12-18
By MerreII WhittIesey

Jim Tatum said his Maryland
football team had accomplished
absolutely nothing" in its pre-
Christmas preparation for the
Orange Bowl as he sat watching
the Terps' basketball game with
VPI last night.
His football squad had been
excused several hours previously
until plane time the morning of
December 26. The 81 players
making the trip (39 will suit up
for the game) will leave National
Airport at 9 am. the day after
Christmas for Miami.
1--WE hoped to have a scrim-
mage of four 10-minute quarters
with the first team against the
second today" Jim said. But
when the players got out there
they slipped all over the frozen
field. If we had scrimmaged, we
wouldn't have had any players
left for Oklahoma.
SoOners Ahead in Practice.
The Maryland coach said the
Sooners were way ahead Of
Maryland in practice. but he
didn't know what he could do
about it. Their season lasted a
week longer, and today Okla
homa has a regulation practice
game scheduled. Because the
Sooners are leaving for Miami
on Christmas Day, they will
have an extra days practice
there.
When the Terps played Ten
nessee in the Sugar Bowl two
years ago. school was out on
December %. This year it's out
five days sooner. Nothing is
working out according to the
Sugar Bowl schedule.
Tatum said that If he had
asked the squad to start scrim-
maging sooner, somebody would
have been hurt because the boys
would not be too interested.
Then when he did start the
scrimmages. rain and cold
weather interferred.
And, of course, Bernie Fa-
loney's injury has prevented the
coaches from adding anything
new to the offense. They're still
hoping their quarterback will be
ready to go.
Maryland took SIS players to
Biloxi. Miss. for the Sugar
Bowl workouts and made ar
rangements with high school
team there to hold the dummies
on defensive drills. However, that
didn't work out too well, and the
81 players making the trip tc
Miami will not have any out
side help.
Tatum said a perfect setur
would enable the first three
teams to scrimmage against
other units using Oklahoma
offenSeS and defenses. But he
Evening star., 1953-12-18
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in the plans for the 1854 start
ing backfield.
A school source said the play
ers will miss all final examlna-
tions of the current semester,
but will have a chance to make
them up if readmitted without
the necessity of summer school
courses. They then would be
eligible to participate in spring
football drills in March.
At Heaps home town of Abita
Springs, La, his mother said her
sons suspension came as a sur
prise She said Joe was en- route
home and was expected to ar
rive today or tomorrow to spend
the Christmas holidays with his
family.
Guglielmi's mother was just
as surprised when reached at
her home in Columbus. Ohio.
IT expect Ralph home Satur-
day." she said. "I talked to him
by phone last Tuesday and he
didn't mention any suspension.
Ralph got in 20 minutes late
the night after the Southern
Methodist game. We were with
him after the game and brought
him back to school about IL
o'clock" (This actually would be
ia hours before the weekend
curfew was effective).
Heap was Notre Danes lead
ing pass catcher this season and
fourth best rusher. He and
Guglielmi, who did the passing
and was rated Notre Danes
most improved player of 1858,
scored AZ and Al points, re-
spectively.
Evening star., 1953-12-18

Pat Harder stole GrozaS S thunder
by kicking 36-yarder in the last
period to give the Lions their
17-to-7 margin and foreStall
potential Cleveland rally.
The year before, both Bob Wa
terfleld of the Rams and Groza
kicked field goals in a playoff
game as close as your vest but
tons. But it was in the Browns
1850 championship test against
the Rams that Otto Graham
used Groza's toe almost like a
rifle. In that game, with the
Rams trying to nurse a 1927
lead, Otto worked the ball into
position for a 16-yard Groza spe-
cial that won the game, 1923.
Graham timed it perfectly. watt
ing until % seconds before the
game-ending gun to cali on Lou.
That was confidence in upper
case letters. If Groza felt any
pressure, he put it all in the boot.
Il y \
Jack Manders won the leagues
first play-off game in 1888 for
the Bears over the New York
Giants, % to 81, with a record
performance of three field goals
of 16. 40 and 18 yards. Peculiar
ly. another Bear, Bob Snyder,
equaled ManderS' record, which
both still share, IN 1941 in an
other playoff against the Giants.
Snyder. later coach of the Rams.
put three-pointers over the
crosSbar from IA, 80 and 81
yards, personally presenting the
Bears with a 9-to-6 lead in the
first half.
The pros don't &C along with
the late Knute Rockne's theory
that any time a team gets within
scoring distance it ought to go
for six points. They'll settle for
three, and hope for two or three
encores.
The best defense against Groza
seems to be a touchdown
lead, but with a third straight
playoff loss staring him in the
face you can wager that the
astute Paul Brown isn't spending
his time Christmas shopping. He
ought to have a couple of sur
priseS for Detroit fans. Give
Brown a lead, with Groza to
protect it, and the coach will
be satisfied. He should be!
Evening star., 1953-12-18
Reported Step 10 Split
Southeast conference
Gets Mixed Reaction
BY the Associated Press

BIRMINGHAM, Dec. 18. - A
published report that a move is
under way to split up the South
eastern Conference received
mixed reaction by conference Of
ficials today.
Several athletic leaders said
they had heard of the plan.
Others, including Bernie Moore.
commissioner. said they knew
nothing of the report.
The proposal was disclosed in
an article by Benny Marshall.
assistant sports editor of the Bir-
mingham News. He said the plan
was to include Miami with seven
schools in the new conference.
Overtures Reported.
Marshall wrote that he was in
formed that Bob Neyland, Ten
nessee athletic director. "haS
made overtures to Alabama. Au-
burn. Georgia Tech, Georgia.
Florida and Miami with intent
to set up the new conference be-
fore January l." He added:
"Under the Neyland plan. it
was understood that an eighth
member would be Kentucky or
Louisiana State with Vanderbilt,
Tulane, Mississippi and MisSis-
sippi State left to make it as
they might"
The article said dissatisfaction
with conference limits on foot
ball scholarships was reported to
be the main reason for the pro-
posal.
The conference voted at It's
annual meeting last week to
limit to 40 the number of new
scholarships a school could
grant each year.
Neyland Won't Comment.
Neyland said at Sarasota. Fla:
II have no personal comment
to make. The matter has not
been discussed at Tennessee
with the Athletic Council. Such
a program would be entirely up
to the University of Tennessee.
Numerous rumors have been
making the rounds, but know
that neither the president of the
University of Tennessee nor the
Atlantic Council has discussed
the possibility suggested by the
Birmingham report"
And at Knoxville, Dean N. w.
Dougherty, secretary-treasurer Of
the Southeastern Conference
and the Tennessee Athletic
Council, said he never had heard
of the proposal.
I'm quite sure Tennessee is
not sponsoring any such move" b"
he added
Pete Cawthon, Alabama ath-
letic director; Dean A. B. Moore.
NCAA president and chairman
of the Alabama Faculty Athletic
Committee; jeff Beard. Auburn
athletic director, and Coach
Bobby Dodd of Georgia Tech all
said they had heard talk of split
ting the conference.
Evening star., 1953-12-18

ties. Either a team has it or it
doesn't. No "ifs" are involved.
Along toward S pm. on Decem-
ber 81 one of the two, Lions or
Browns, will wear the crown.
and it will not be a case of mis-
taken identity. The winner will
be the Nations best football
team.
Buddy Parker's Lions have a
chance to win their second
straight title. feat accom-
plished by only two other clubs
since the playoff business was
originated in 1888. George HalaS'
Chicago Bears, then at the peak
of their power, won in 1910 and
1941. and Greasy Neale's potent
Philadelphia Eagles turned the
trick in 1948 and 1949. It isn't
easy.
On the other hand, the Browns
are in danger of becoming the
first team to lose three consecu-
tive title games. The Los Angeles
Rams were the first to lose two
in a row, bowing to the Eagles
in '49 and Cleveland the follow
ing year. The Rams turned the
table on the Browns the follow
ing year and Cleveland lost to
the Lions last year for No. 2.
So it might appear that the
odds are all against the methodi-
cal Mr.. Paul Brown stubbing his
toe a third time, but you can be
sure a bundle will be riding on
the Lions 10 days hence. The
impression has gotten around
that if Parker can devise a de-
fenSe for Lou Groza's field goals,
he can take pal Paul over the
jumps again. The one correct
decision the Touchdown Club
has made thus far seems to be
awarding Groza the accolade as
pro player of the year. His field
goals were as important to the
Browns success as anything else,
perhaps even more so, in bag
ging their fourth straight divi-
sion crown in their four seasons
in the National Football League.
One veteran coach probably
summed up Groza's worth best
with the remark:
Let him get his toe in the
front door and he'll steal the
piano on you"
| X
1t was a field goal, you may
recall. that sealed the Browns
defeat in last years title game.
Evening star., 1953-12-18
Police Slate Pistol Shoot

A Christmas turkey shoot will
be held by the 18th Precinct
Police Pistol Club from noon
until Z pm. tomorrow and Sum
day on the clubs range, Tele-
graph road near Lanham. Md.
Twelve-gauge shotguns will be
used, with shells furnished by
the club.
Evening star., 1953-12-18
Yankees Co.0Wners
To Pay 100000 Tax
On Sale Of Stadium
BY the Asseeiatsd Pres.

NEW YORK, Dec. 1S.-The
Yankees will play ball next sea-
son in a stadium owned by a
Chicago real estate firm located
on land owned by the Knights Of
Columbus, but it will still be the
"house that Ruth built"
Del Webb and Dan Topping,
co-owners Of the baseball club.
sold Yankee Stadium and Blues
Stadium in Kansas City yester-
day for $6,500,000
They sold it to the Arnold
Johnson Corp. of Chicago. john
son then sold the land under
Yankee Stadium and the ada
cent parking lots-about four
acres of ground-to the Knights
of Columbus for $2.5 million.
Next, johnson rented back the
land from the K. Of c. and then
leased the whole works back to
the Yankees. Johnson kept title
to the Kansas City park, where
the K. of c. was not involved.
Everybody seemed happy
about the tremendous and COM
plicated deal.
Paid $2,8OO,OOO in As.
Webb and Topping. along with
with Larry McPhail. paid only
$2,800,000 in 1945 for both ball
parks, the Yankee ball club, its
players and all equipment, the
Kansas City ball club and its
players and the Newark ball
club. In 1947 Webb and Top
ping bought out McPhail for 50
million.
Tax experts said that on their
profit of some $31a million Webb
and Topping will pay a capital
gains tax of about 26 per cent
or roughly 100000.
None of the parties would re-
veal the Yankee rental, but most
gueSseS ranged around $150,000.
In addition the Yankee ball club
will pay the taxes on the sta
dium.
Benefit On Taxes.
Tax experts said Webb and
Topping improved their tax po-
sition here, too, since they will
be able to charge off the rental
cost as expense deductible from
gross income. About the only
deductions they could claim as
owners were upkeep and taxes.
And they will still get to charge
these off, also.
JohnSon'S lease on the land
could run as long as 10 years. He
also has the privilege of buying
back the land after Is years for
SO million.
The knights of Columbus get
the stadium property when
Johnson'S lease on the land runs
out.
Webb and Topping said the
deal had nothing to do with their
baseball club. I'VE are merely
getting out of the real estate
business" Topping said.
Long Term Investment.
Luke E. Hart, supreme knight
of the K. of C. and chairman of
the orders Investment Commit
tee, said the deal was a ''long-
term income investment" of the
orders insurance funds. The K.
of C. has similar property invest
ments in Chicago and elsewhere.
I'VE are mainly interested in
running a ball club" Topping
said. We've got a great record
and we're interested in continu-
ing it." He added that other
reasons for the sale were to pro-
vide ready cash and to protect
their families in the event of the
death of either partner.
Both Webb and Topping point
ed out that the heavy inheritance
taxes levied against the estate of
Col. Jake Rupert were the rea-
son they were able to buy the
Yankee empire so cheaply in
1945
1--WE wouldn't want that to
happen to u.s." Webb said.
Yankee Stadium was opened
in 1928 at a cost of about $2.5
million. Several additions have
heen made since
Evening star., 1953-12-18
Fights Lost Night
By the Associoted Press

BY the Associated Press
Detroit-Al Andrews, 152K, Superior.
Wis. outpointed Pat Lowry, 147M, To-
ledo, 10.
Worcester. Mass.-Wilhe Gray l5o
Boston, outpointed Billy Andy, 1891.
Providence, 10.
Newark. N. Hurley Sanders. 161
Brooklyn. 8.
Fall River. Mass.-Willie johnson.
151, Newark. N. j., knocked out Clar-
ence williams. ISL, Fall River, /.
Evening star., 1953-12-18

from Sunday
in Detroit, de-.
Gliding whether
the Lions or
the Cleveland
Browns have
the best foot
ball team in
the world.
N o g u e S S.
work is in
volved here.
no balloting
by part i a n
W ri erS for
State or sec
tiOno1 foUOr.
Evening star., 1953-12-18

Continued From Page CID

on three of those occasions drove
down court for goals.
In a preliminary, the Terp
Freshmen beat the AU frosh,
1894.
In the only other game in
volving area teams last night,
Howard University lost its fifth
straight, 1896, to Virginia State
at Petersburg. Howard's Emory
Mazique was high scorer with "a
points.
Evening star., 1953-12-18
Writers Honor Bobby Jones

NEW YORK, Dec. 18 (P1.-
Bobby Jones, COLTS only grand
slam winner, is winner of the
Metropolitan Golf Writer'S AS
sociation Gold Tee Award for his
devotion to the game over a pc
riod of years. The presentation
will be made at a dinner here
on January 81,
Evening star., 1953-12-18

While college fans are wetting
their whistles and tuning up for
the bowl games, the pros will be
getting down to cases a week
Evening star., 1953-12-18

Additional Sports
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Evening star., 1953-12-18
Basketball Results

BY the Associated Press
WASHINGTON AREA.
Evening star., 1953-12-18
Notre Dame

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CaIra

Mr. and Mrs. Willard Orange
and daughter. Stephanie. of
GlenWood Farm, were Sunday
visitors of Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
Wright
Mrs. John Rousch attended the
funeral Of Mr.. Ford, OF Richmond.
this week He died after a car &C
cident.
Mr. and Mrs Elmo Stinson and
James Stinson o. the =. S. Army,
motored Sunday to see MI and
Mrs William MORGAN. near
Clarksville
Mr.. and Mrs. William Arndt
and son, Duane. spent their vaca-
ton in West Virginia, visiting Mrs
Arndt's mother, Mrs. Wilson. Du-
ane is spending an extended visit
there
Mrs Donald Dowdy, of Alexan-
dria, and Mrs. Henry Rouscf
visited Mrs. Ida Rozell, Of Dill.
uyn, last week.
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offer For Sale
offer For Sale
AT Public Auction
To the Highest Bidder, on
Sat, Aug. Is, 1853

at the hours stated below. the
following Tracts of Land. to-wit
FIRST: AT IL A. NJ. Saturday
AUGUST Is. 1883 ON THE
PREMISES fronting Bethlehem
Church Road, IL mi East of
Buckingham Court House. l61
acres described as: A tract con-
tanning l6l acres, more or less, on
Slate River which was conveyed
to James D. Dunnavant by deed
from Rebekah F. Eldridge. widow.
recorded in deed book Al. page
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SECONDLY: At 1870 A. M.
SATURDAY, AUGUST Is. 1858,
ON THE PREMISES of that GER
tain tract Of ia STA acres which
is about two miles east of Buck
ingham Courthouse and fronting
on the CCC Road cor meeting With
U. S. Highway No. 50 near Central
High School. and about IA mi off
U s. Highway No 60, described
as. A tract containing 141 STA
acres, more or less. being the re-
mainder of a tract conveyed to
James d. Dunnavant by u S.
Washington and wife. of record
in deed book SO, page 377.
THIRD AT 1900 O'CLOCK
NOON SATURDAY, AUGUST IS.
1853. ON THE PREMISES 'front.'
ing L. S. Highway Route No. so
about 2 mi. East of Buckingham
Courthouse, that parcel OF land
described as: A lot containing ! 80
acres. more or less. fronting U. S.
Highway No. so conveyed to James
d Dunnavant by deed from E
M Grigg. of record in deed book
AZ page 480
THE ABOVE PROPERTIES
WILL BE OFFERED FOR SALE
AT PUBLIC AUCTION IN THE
ORDER AS LISTED ABOVE. to
the highest bidder; first, free Of
debt. and secondly. subject TO iein
debts to be annouIced at the sale
and payment thereof to be assum-
ed BY the purchaser and the
highest net bid will be accepted,
at the sale. by the Trustee
TERMS: CASH.
AUCTIONEER II F NEWTON,
DILT.WYN. VIRGINIA.
PLACE AND TIME ON EACH
RESPECTIVE TRACT AT THE
TIME AND PLACE SET FORTH
ABOVE.
GEORGE ABBITT. JR. TRUS-
TEE.
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LEGAL NOTICE

Virginia:
In the Circuit Court of Prince Ed
ward County. July 49, 1858.
Ruth Lockett Vaughan
VS. In Chancery
Order of Publication
Herman b Vaughan. Howard
Vaughan, Jr.. Henderson c.
Vaughan. Jr.. George p Vaughan.
j. Mettauer Vaughan Myrtle
Vaughan West. Verna Vaughan,
widow of Herman +, Vaughan.
and the heirs. deviSeeS and sue
cessors in title of Herman T.
Vaughan. who are made parties
defendants by the general de-
scription of Parties Unknown,
Godfrey Adolph Vaughan, if liv-
ing. or if he be dead, then the
widow and heirs. devisces and sue
cessors in title of Godfrey Adolph
Vaughan. who are made parties
defendant by the general de-
scription of Parties Unknown.
The object Of this suit is to
effect Partition amongst the own
ers by sale or otherwise OF two
parcels of property in the Town
of Farmville, Prince Edward
County, Virginia, one parcel being
known as a part Of lot number Al
of Judith Randolph Survey of the
Town of Farmville and fronting
26.9 feet on the East side of Main
Street, and the other parcel be-
ing known as lot number | on a
plat of the H. c. Vaughan estate
which is recorded in Deed Book
SO page A.
An affidavit having been r1ade
that George p Vaughan. j. Met
tauer Vaughan. Myrtle Vaughan
West, Verna Vaughan, and God
frey Adolph Vaughan. if he be
living are not residents of this
State. and that there are or may
be persons interested in the SUBJ
! ject to be divided whose names are
unknown. such unknown parties
being the heirs, deviSees and sue
cessors in title of Herman T
Vaughan and the widow and heirs
devisees and successors in title
of Godfrey Adoiph Vaughan. sor
Of Howard Vaughan, deceased, it i:
ordered that George P Vaughan
u. Mettauer Vaughan, Myrtle
Vaughan West. Verna Vaughan
Godfrey Adolph Vaughan ane
Parties Unknown do appear with
in ten days after due publica tior
of this order and do What i
necessary to protect their interests
Horace Adams. Clerk
j. B. Wall. Jr, p. q. 7-17-41
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