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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-16
Wushinqton's Birthday Tea

Mr.. and Mrs. Eli Bamford
Smith will be hosts at tea Sum-
day afternoon. The party is an
annual event for Mrs. Smith,
who is better known in local the
atrical circles as Maud Howell
Smith. Honor guests will be
drama critics of the local news
papers who serve as judges In
the annual contest of one act
plays sponsored by Mrs. Smith
who also gives an award for the
best actor or actress in the pres
entation of the plays
The first of the try-outs will
be February Is when three of
the plays in the contest will be
presented. Three others will be
shown February 81. three more
on March 3 and the finals are
set for March S.
Judges in the preliminary con-
tests are Marjorie Maughlin
TRUSTING, William Callahan and
Vernon Spencer and they will
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-16
News Of Music
By EIeno de soyn

Any departure from the estab-
lished pattern Of song recitals
can be greeted as welcome in
novation. Last nights program
given by Bessie Maybe, soprano.
in the National Gallery Of Art.
requiring the assistance Of an
instrumental ensemble. stood out
for being different. The singer
had the collaboration of Made
line Coleman, pianist; Robert
Buvinger, dutist: Louia Vaughn
Jones and Bernard Mason, vio-
linists, and of Bert Kuschan,
celliSt.
The appealing and resonant
soprano Of Miss Maybe, rang
pure and true in Rameau's lie
Berger Fidele," sung to the ac-
compartment of the piano, two
violinS and cello. Although the
sound might have come over bet
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-16
Diplomatic
Guests

Wives of Ambassadors from
foreign countries will be honor
guests at the luncheon February
Is of the Women'S Safety Coun-
Gil of the American Automobile
Association of which Mrs. George
C. Thorpe is chairman. Nine.
Erkin, wife of the Turkish AM
bassador will be the ranking
guest and other hostesseS from
embassy row who will share
honors with her will be Nine.
Bohemian, Sweden, Nine. Popo-
vic, YugoSlavia, Senhora de
ESteves Fernandez, Portugal and
Sonora de Concheso, Cuba.
Mrs. Arthur Summerfleld, wife
of the Postmaster General and
Mrs. Douglas Mckay, wife Of the
Secretary of the Interior, will
represent the Cabinet circle and
others from the diplomatic group
who will be honored are Nine.
Nykopp. Finnish Minister'S wife.
Mime. Kamimura, wife of the
japanese Minister and Signora
Costa Sanseverino, whose hus-
band is second secretary Of the
Italian embassy.
The new Treasurer Of the
United States, Mrs. Ivy Baker
Priest. who also is vice president
Of the Utah Safety Council will
speak and the Chief of Metro
politan police. Mr.. Robert v.
Murray will tell why We Need
Women Guards at our School
Intersections"
The luncheon will be served in
the Chinese room Of the May
flower Hotel at 1890 o'clock.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-16
National Gallery Song Recital
Stands Out for Being Different

ter had the instruments been
punched together close to the
singer. the cantata. as a work,
had enough fine points to sus-
tain interest.
Yet Miss Mayle's singing Of
four songs and two arias with
the piano, in the first part Of
the program. gave a better idea
of her artistic equipment than
Rameau'S selection. She had
exhibited more freedom In these
and sang with more expression.
Taken as a whole, none of
the singers partners seemed to
regard their participation in the
spirit Of making the program a
work Of art. Fine points have
not been discovered or suffi-
GENTLY rehearsed. There was
something that bore resemblance
to q scramble in the first violin
part in Rameau, while piano ac-
compartments in the songs and
arias did not help to set of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-16
reChopnon
IS Bride-EIect

Mr.. and Mrs. William Walter
Chapman. jr. Of Bethesda an
nounce the engagement of their
daughter. Glare Elizabeth, to Mr..
Harry James Hooss. son Of Mr..
and Mrs. Harry A. Hooss Of Lex
ington, KY.
Miss Chapman is a graduate
Of Sidwell Friends School and
now is a junior at Randolph
Macon Women'S College.
Mr.. Hooss, who is a senior at
Washington and Lee University,
is q member sof ri Kappa Alpha
fraternity.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-16

share honors with the local
drama critics at the tea Sunday.
Immediately after the party
Mr.. and Mrs. Smith viii leave
for Florida for the remainder OF
the winter. They are going this
early to recuperate from recent
attacks of flu and Mrs. Smith has
asked Miss Sibyl Baker to make
the presentation Of the awards
for her. It is the first time in all
the many years that Mrs. Smith
has given these honors that she
has not made the presentation
herself.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-16

particular. q bit unsteady. OF
course, the selection Of a palmer
edition Of the work would have
been to his advantage under the
circumstances. for he plays. too
well to be Handicapped by nerves.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-16
Luncheon Planned

This Thursday is the day set
for the monthly luncheon of the
wives Of both the staff and stu
dent Medical Service Corps and
hospital corps officers of the
Naval. School Of Hospital Ad-
ministration, MIMIC. This gath
ering will take place at the
officers club in Bethesda.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-16
Violinist Gives Recital
At Phillips Gallery

BENJAMIN Ritter, who was re-
Gently SoloiSt with the Depart
ment Of Agriculture Orchestra,
gave a violin recital in the Phil
lips Gallery yesterday afternoon.
His program and performance
showed q serious schooling and
q natural talent. His gift found
expression in the fluency Of his
clear cut delivery and his warm,
sympathetic tone. Except for q
tendency to hurry. he had, no
trouble in presenting Fiocco's
:tAllegro" and Handel's fourth
sonata with an assurance which
spoke Of an excellent prep
aration.
The requirements Of virtues
ity in the final pages Of Vitali's
"Chaconne," in Leopold Auer'S
revision, must have caused the
violinist some worry. II made
his playing Of that number on
the whole, and Of the octaves in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-16
Miss Betty A. Cerami.

Miss Betty A. Cerami.
Miss Betty Anita Cerami,
daughter of the late Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Cerami was mar
ried on February Is to Mr..
Anthony Robert Glorioso son of
Mrs. Sarina Glorioso and the
late Mr.. Robert Glorioso. The
couple will live in Washington,
D. C.,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-16

voice, nor did they ruand out
the numbers to call forth APP
plause. However. in spite Of
this. Miss Maybe had a great
deal of success,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-16
Burma Veteruns to Meet

The Gen. Joseph w. Stilweil.
Basha, China-Burma India Vet
Grams Association, will meet at
2 pm. Saturday in the Lafayette
Chicken Hut, 1870 H street NV.
Evening star., 1953-10-26
By the Associoted Press

NEW YORK, Oct. 26.-Com-
missioner Bert Bell must have
been psychic when he made out
the National Football League
schedule, for each week the slate
has included at least one game
with an important bearing on
the standings.
There was the game a week
ago between Cleveland and
Washington with, the Browns
winning to take undisputed lead
of the Eastern Conference.
And then yesterday there was
not one but two involving lead
ers of the Western Conference.
The Detroit Lions, 1852 league
champions, edged the San Fran
cisco Forty-Niners out of a share
of the top rung, 14-10. But the
Los Angeles Rams kept pace
with the Lions by downing the
Chicago Bears, 1924.
Lions to Meet Rams.
The victories of the Lions and
Rams made Bells schedule-mak-
ing look good again for the two
teams meet Sunday in Los An
geles with each showing a record
of four victories and one defeat.
The Forty-Niners' setback
dropped them into third-place
tie with the Baltimore Colts,
who trounced the Washington
Evening star., 1953-10-26
Ledhy CIomoring to Get Out
Of Hospital; Must Await Tests

trip by ambulance to the hos
pital.
The Irish coach was reported
clamoring to get out of the hos
pital as early as Saturday night
but doctors scheduled further
precautionary tests for this
morning before giving him any
word on when he could leave.
Ed (Moose) KrauSe, Notre
Danes athletic director and
Leahy's good friend, said he
visited the ailing coach last night
and found him looking fine"
However, Leahy refused to pose
for photographers in his hos
pital bed, saying people would
think he was Chronic"
He evidently was still mindful
of his 1912 illness-a spinal
arthritis attack that followed
Notre Danes 1876 loss to
Georgia Tech. He was off the
field for three weeks then.
Doctors seemed sure the cur
rent illness would be by no
means as serious. Krause said
he expected Leahy to be back
on the coaching line later this
week. The undefeated Irish play
Navy Saturday.
Evening star., 1953-10-26
BY the Assoe,oted Press

LAFAYETTE, Ind, Oct. 90
"I've had it." said Dan Pobo-
iewski, the chunky. 5-foot-9
Purdue fullback. who transferred
from Michigan State because he
couldn't make the team, and
scored Purdue's touchdown Sat-
urday in the 60 victory that
chopped off Michigan States
string of % straight victories.
He was one of a gang of
reserves who had a great day
filling in for injured Purdue
regulars.
It may be back to the bench
for Danny at Illinois Saturday
if Fullbacks Max Schmaling and
Bill Murakowski are ready to
go. They're bigger and faster
than Pobojewski.
"Of course I'd like to play
all the time. That's why I
shifted from Michigan State to
Purdue. Anyway. I had a min
ute of glory on that touchdown.
I felt so good I just lay there
and bawled."
PobojewSki, oldest man on the
squad at "a. combines profess
sional caliber trap drum playing
with his studies for coaching or
physical education teaching. He
has played with several bands in
his home town of Grand Rapids.
If PobojewSki hadn't been the
Evening star., 1953-10-26
BY the Assoeio,ed Press

CHICAGO, Oct. 26. - That
was quite a stomach ache Frank
Leahy had Saturday.
Variously diagnosed as a heart
attack, a muscle spaSm," in
testinal flu and "acute enteritis." |"
it became-because of its tim
ing-even more celebrated than
his Notre Dame football teams
27-14 victory over Georgia Tech.
Attendants at st. Joseph Hos
pital in South Bend were going
along with the "acute enteritis"
theory today. One of them d.
scribed it as nothing more than
a high class stomach ache"
Anyway, it was one of the most
successful of its kind in history.
1t occurred at halftime and
turned the Irish football team
into a crew determined to win
for Leahy." The Irish let a TO
lead slip away, but they swamped
the Engineers with dedicated
closing attack.
Leahy complained of pain as
his team was trooping into the
Notre Dame dressing room at the
end of the first half. The at
tack was at first thought to be
a heart seizure and he was given
oxygen, the last SacramentS of
the Catholic Church and a swift
Evening star., 1953-10-26
BY the Assoeioies' Press

MINNEAPOLIS, Oct. 26.-The
Little Brown jug, on Michigan's
trophy shelf since 1912, rested
d iauntily on the Minnesota cam
pus today-a tribute to ALL
America Paul Giel's greatest
football game.
Giel, 20-year-old, 185-pound
senior, handled the ball So times
Saturday-setting a Big Ten
record-and scored two touch
downs, as Minnesota startled
unbeaten Michigan, 22-0.
The Winona (Minn.) left
halfback, who also pitches base
ball expertly, completed 13 of 18
passes for 169 yards and gained
Q total of 282.
Coach Yves Fesler called GielS
performance mo doubt his best
and by far the greatest I have
ever seen on a football field.
How in the world could one
man do more than Paul did Sat-
urday?" Fesler asked.
Fesler's Gophers had gone into
The game with three losses and
Evening star., 1953-10-26
sy the Assoeiutsd Press

Notre Dame stands at the head
of the college football pack to-
day, with only Maryland in a
contending position and the pic
ture somewhat confused from
the third spot on.
And for the first time in many
Mondays there's no long WIN
ming streak among the major
schools. West Virginia, with a
modest string of IL straight vic
tories, leads the list after the
fall of Georgia Tech and Michi-
gan State. The Mountaineers
won their last six in 1852 and
have won five this season.
Baylor is clamoring for atten-
ton, but the Bears schedule gets
tough from now on. On the
coast, UCLA still is in the run
ing for national honors despite
that 21-20 upset at the hands of
Stanford a week ago.
The Irish strengthened their
top position in ending the
Georgia Tech streak, but Mary
land was mighty impressive in
rolling up q points in 20 min
utes against Miami and obvi-
ously coasting. the rest of the
way.
For Georgia Tech, which fell
Evening star., 1953-10-26
Makes Scheduling Look Good
Pros Have Big Game a Week,
With Roms-Lions Clash Next

Redskins, 27-17. Each has a
80 record.
In the Eastern Conference the
unbeaten Browns remained alone
at the top with five victories
after their usual close game with
the New York Giants. The final
score on the rain soaked New
York Polo Grounds was TO.
Pittsburgh moved into second
place on the strength of its 81
IA triumph Saturday night over
Green Bay.
Eagles ROut Cards.
But it remained for the Phila-
delphia Eagles to put on the real
offensive display. They defeated
the winless Chicago Cardinals,
56-17, to tie their own best scor-
ing performance and give the
Cards their worst defeat.
The six games drew 214,194
fans with the biggest turnouts on
the West Coast. The Detroit-San
Francisco conflict attracted 54,-
862 and the Bears-Los Angeles
game, 49,546.
The Forty-Niners, who dropped
a 24-21 decision to the Lions in
Detroit recently, had 100 lead
over the defending champions,
but Bobby Layne cut loose with
two long passes. The first one
(See PRO FOOTBALL, A-15.)
Evening star., 1953-10-26
Minnesoto's Recovery of Jug
A Tribute to GieFs Best Game

were an almost unanimous choice
to go down to their fourth de-
feat.
The tip-off came with the
game three minutes old, when
Minnesota recovered tumble on
the Michigan 20. Giel hammered
four times at the Wolverine line
and was over from the six on the
last try. Later in the period he
scored another one from two
yards out, and then helped pro-
duce Minnesota's final touch
down in the third quarter with a
9-yard pass to Bob Rutford.
Giel's busy ball handling bet
tered by four plays the old mark
which he had shared with Bob
Hoernschmeyer of Indiana and
Lou D'Achille of Indiana. He also
returned four puntS for So yards
and one kickoff for "a and inter-
cepted two passes.
The Little Brown jug. which
Giel grasped happily after the
victory. was established as a
Minnesota Michigan trophy fol-
towing the 1903 game.
Evening star., 1953-10-26
Laurel Opens Today
With Sprint Handicap
As Feature Event

The new "showplace" of Mary
land racing, Laurel opens today
for 20-day meeting that might
be record breaker for the State.
Post time for the first race was l
pm.
The new clubhouse and ex-
elusive turf club features the
improvements made since the
spring meeting, and fans were
certain to be agreeably surprised.
There is nothing like it in the
East.
Better still, Laurel has sue
ceeded in getting top = flight
horses. While sightseers are
ogling the luxurious decorations,
dyed in the-wool horseplayers
will have their chinS on the rail,
sizing up the talent.
Six Stakes Listed.
Six stakes are listed for the
meeting, starting with today's
$4,000 Sprint Handicap. Sixth
race on the program, it drew 16
nominations, including Edward
P. Taylor's Canadiana and Hasty
House Farms Pomace.
Herman B. Delman'S Roaming,
winner of seven out of Is races,
has been assigned the top weight
of 118 pounds for the three
quarter-mile Sprint Handicap.
Last years winner, Duntreath
Farms Hi Billee, is one of three
entries getting a four-pound
weight advantage from Roam
ing.
The $4,000 = added Turf
Handicap Saturday is the fore
runner of the $65,000 Washing
ton, p. c., International, center
piece Of the entire meeting. This
race, also on grass, has drawn
entries from France, Ireland,
England and South America to
run against a quartet of Ameri-
can-oWned horses.
Selma Stakes November IA.
Other stakes are the Maryland
Futurity, November IL; the $685.
000-added Selma, November IL,
and the SIS, ,000-added Spalding
Lowe Jenkins, November IT.
Laurel's rebuilding program
was the first step in a move de-
signed to place the track among
the Nations best physical plants
for racing. The next move. one
John D. Shapiro, track president,
has aimed at since taking con-
mand. is to get the best horses
in training for the programs.
Shapiro's plans are beginning
to materialize.
Other stars in today's feature
(See LAUREL, Page A-16.i
Evening star., 1953-10-26
1t Nav Be Back on the Bench
For Star of Purdue's Upset

man with the ball on that one
yard scoring plunge, he would
have had to beat his bass drum
to attract attention from other
Purdue stars of the day.
Rex Brock. only regular in
Purdue's starting backfield, in
tercepted Billy Wells pass the
first time Michigan State had
the ball and picked up 81 yards
rushing.
Nabbed Two Spartan Passes.
Froncie Gutman, starting for
injured Roy Evans at quarter
back, also intercepted a Michi-
gan State pass and handled the
ball neatly.
Phil Ehrman, a sub fullback,
intercepted two of Tom Yewcic's
passes and averaged four yards a
rush.
Guard Tom Bettis did a superb
job of calling defensive signals
and carried a big load in the
4-5-2 lineup which Coach Stu
Holcomb said he adapted from
(See PURDUE, Page A-16.)
Evening star., 1953-10-26
You Be the
Quarterback
By Warren Goer

Iowa has the ball on Wiscon-
sins f1ve-yard line on the right
side of the field, fourth down
and four. With five minutes left
in the game, Wisconsin leads,
81.
Iowa's point-after- touchdown
man has an excellent record, but
he has missed all four field goal
tries in FIVE previous games.
Iowa's offense has worked we'll
all day in midfield, but has been
bottled up all but once in pay
dirt.
As the Hawkeye quarterback,
rate these plays, 1, 2, 8 and 4 for
this spot:
Field goal try.
Trap inside strong side defen-
sive guard.
Pitch out around defensive
right end.
Double reverse to the strong
side.
(Anst0er on Page A-15.)
Evening star., 1953-10-26
Irish Strengthen Top Ranking,
With Terps Only Contender

before the Notre Dame power
house, and Michigan State,
which dropped a 60 decision to
Purdue, hitherto the patsy of
the Big Ten, dream worlds have
given way to reality.
The Engineers had run up a
string of 81 games without a
defeat, although they were tied
twice, before Johnny Lattner &
Co. slugged them, 27-14, Satur-
day. This was no upset. The
Irish were favored by 71a points.
but the experts figured that
Georgia Tech had about as good
a chance of stopping them as
any team.
DOdd'S Forecast Upheld.
But, just as Coach Bobby
Dodd thought, Notre Dame tore
the relatively light Tech line to
shreds. Neil Worden bulled over
for one score, Ralph Gugliclmi
passed to Joe Heap for another.
Art Hunter fell on a bad pass
from center in the end zone for
No. 3 and Lattner made the
fourth from two yards out.
The Engineers tied at TT in
the third period before Notre
Dame broke loose, but Leahy did
(See College Football, A-l6.)
Evening star., 1953-10-26
Statistics

Colts on paper, but when it came
to proving it the Washington
club couldn't do it. A hysteri-
cally happy crowd of 34,031 fans
cheered the Colts to a 27-to-17
victory yesterday at Baltimore.
1t was their second over Wash
ington, the Baltimore club hav-
ing also won a preseason exhi-
bition.
The Colts didn't outgame their
rivals, but they outhustled them.
The Redskins outsmarted them
selves. And, with Fullbacks
Chuck Drazenovich and Leon
Heath out of action, the WASH
ington club had a handicap it
couldn't overcome.
Miss DrazenOvich.
The Redskins particularly
missed Drazenovich's line back
ing in the fourth period when
Fullback John Huzvar smashed
the Washington forwards with
pulverizing line plunges on a 63-
yard match, eliminating in his
2-yard plunge for the game
clinching touchdown.
Washington missed Heath's
ball-carrying, although the
ground attack seemed shame
fully neglected in view of the fact
that the Colts defense wasn't
overpowering. This is strictly
second guessing. of course. but it
seemed that the Redskins quar-
terbacks tried to pass when they
should have been running and
threw long passes when short
ones might have clicked.
Coach Curly Lambeau was so
put out by the loss he had moth
ing to say after the game.
mo comment" he declared,
waving reporters aside in the
dressing room. IT won't have
anything to say before Tuesday,
after we've seen the pictures"
Redskins Look Dull.
1t was plain, however, that
Lambeau would see nothing to
gladden. his heart. The Redskins
were slow, dull and out of shape
compared to the revved-up
Colts. On paper the Redskins
seem to be championship club
stacked up against a collection
of cast-offs and old pros. But
the Colts had something extra
tucked under their jerseys.
The Redskins got all the
breaks in the first period, cap
italizing on one tumble and a
couple of additional good turns
to get quick touchdown. Rookie
Sam Baker. making his first sus-
tanned appearance in a couple Of
weeks, ran 80 yards on a double
reverse for the score.
But Bert Rechichar, the Colts
sparkplug, put 'em back in the
game with a tremendous So
yard field goal only 4 yards
shorter than the record 56-yard
kick he made earlier in the sea-
son. That could have been the
key play of the game, because
the Colts bounced back and be-
gan to show the fighting spirit
(See REDSKINS. Page A-15l
Evening star., 1953-10-26

Including an extremely tidy 27-17 victory
over the Redskins yesterday, Molesworth's
Colts now have 80 record. 1t is unlikely
they will win any prizes, aside from the
Mason-Dixon pro championship acquired
by beating Washington. Yet they are doing
so much better than expected that it is easy
to predict rosy future.
Molesworth, Chicago Bear from vim
tage of Red Grange, Bronko Nagurski and
Co., is inclined to think that Baltimore fans
are due most of the credit for the Colts
showing He may be right. The customers
Evening star., 1953-10-26
Redskins 0usmart Themselves Hopes
Washington Misses
Ace FuIIbacks in Loss
To HustIing Colts
By Lewis F. Atchison

The fading Redskins dropped
to third place today, with their
hopes of improving last years
4-8 record getting simmer with
each game.
Everybody said the Redskins
looked better than the Baltimore
Evening star., 1953-10-26
WIN, Lose or Draw
By FRANCIS sTANN

COACH OF THE YEAR in pro football? How about Keith
Molesworth the Baltimore Colts? His team wasn't sup
posed very many National League games Last year,
Evening star., 1953-10-26

(See REDSKINS, Page A-15)
Evening star., 1953-10-26

(See College Football, A-16D