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Evening star., 1954-09-18

away. When the contest was
postponed the first time, most of
those out-of town fans requested
that their money be refunded.
When the second postponement
hit, local fans requested refunds
because many of them had made
other plans for Friday night.
But these losses were made up
by box Office sales an hour before
bell time for the event."
The Capitol management, too,
reported a considerable number
seeking funds after the two de-
lays. However, a brisk window
sale at the last minute put the
fight over the top.
From a production standpoint,
the theater operators considered
the contest a success. Only one
incident marred the showing Of
the fight on the screen. During
the introductions of the prin-
cipals. the picture was lost tenn
porarily and the anxious Gus
toners Immediately became rest
less, fearing they would lose
some of the action. The picture
was restored. however. before
the contest began.
Evening star., 1954-09-18
Terp Game Today Aggrovotes
Ulcers in Radio Business ?

was decided that WRC would
have no football game today but
that both WMAL and WEAM
would carry the Maryland-Ken-
tucky contest.
If you're still with us, there's
a little matter about the Ameri-
can Broadcasting Co. game-of-
the-week. With WMAL engaged
with Maryland, it left the ABC
with no Saturday outlet here. So
that feature is being piped over
to another independent. WGMS.
starting with today's Texas
Christian-at-KanSas setto.
This probably comes as a shock
to some WGMS listeners, as that
station has rather specialized
but avid following. WGMS calls
itself the good music station, and
until this first venture into sports
has confined itself almost ex-
clusively to classical and semi
classical music from the crack
of dawn until midnight.
Evening star., 1954-09-18

A new crop of ulcers was
raised around the radio industry
in Washington this week over
the start of the football season
when it suddenly developed that
practically everybody was plan
ming to carry a broadcast of to-
days Maryland Kentucky game.
First came WMAL with a note
that it was broadcasting all
Maryland games exclusive" in
the Washington area. But then
word arrived from WEAM about
its Maryland-Kentucky broad
cast this week, followed by news
of WRC's football listing. You
guessed it. Maryland at Ken
lucky on WRC.
The question of how come was
raised. resulting in lot of
phone calls back and forth and
to New York, where such radio
matters sometimes are settled,
and to Lexington, KY. It seems
that WMAL got from Maryland
exclusive rights in this area to
Maryland games. But it also
happened that the University of
Kentucky sold today's game to
the National Broadcasting Co.
as its game of the week" for
Nation wide broadcast.
Now, WRC is the NBC outlet
here. but does not plan to carry
the network game-of -the-week
because it will carry the Navy
games. So the network made a
deal with the independent
WEAM to carry this feature.
But with no Navy game this
week, WRC decided to plug in
with the network.
Matters became somewhat
complicated after that, but by the
time the phoning was finished it
Evening star., 1954-09-18

wasn't disappointed by the show
ing of his one-two punch. Backs
Ronnie Bennett and Frank Vita.
They each accounted for a Con-
zaga tally while pummeling the
Indian defense throughout the
game.
After Guard Steve Chase re-
covered an Anacostia tumble on
Gonzaga's 40 in the first quar-
ter, Bennett and vita alternately
carried the ball until Ronnie
smashed across from the one.
In the third quarter, Com
Zaga took the kickoff and
marched 80 yards for its second
touchdown, with Vita scoring
from yards out. After Droze's
long run in the same quarter. the
Eagles wrapped tt up In the last
quarter on Dick Nickerson's g.
yard sprint into the end zone.
Evening star., 1954-09-18
Ex-Lightweight c ChompionErne
Dies Of Heart c Condition at 7o

knocked Erne out in the first
round for the lightweight cham
pionship at Fort Fire, Canada, In
1902, he had larened to fathom
Franks style, which few light.
weights were able to do.
After retiring from the ring.
Erne declared the biggest mis-
take he ever made in boxing was
agreeing to make the feather
weight limit of 122 pounds for
Terry McGovern. He claimed at
the time that he was outsmarted
by McGovern's co-managers, Joe
Humphreys, later a well-known
announcer, and Sam H. Harris,
a theatrical producer.
Erne, a natural lightweight.
took off seven pounds to meet
McGovern, who knocked him out
in three rounds.
"The big mistake" Erne said.
twas that I agreed to weigh at
ringside instead of five or six
hours earlier. didn't have any
strength left after making the
poundage."
FLINT. Mich. Sept. 18 R.--
Roger Bernard. who held three
decisions over world boxing
champions but never held a title
himself, died yesterday in a fall
from third floor hotel room.
He was At.
/ Bernard fought 307 bouts from
1924 to 1889, losing only Is. He
twice outpointed former Feather
weight Champion Battling Bat
talino and once outpointed
former Welterweight Champion
Barney Ross. He lost to Light
weight Champion Lou Ambers
and to Featherweight Champions
Freddie Miller and Kid Choco-
late.
Since retiring from the ring
he has been connected with boz
ing almost continuously as q
manager and as a trainer.
Evening star., 1954-09-18
Late Move by PobIetts
Tukes Lunhum Ruce

Passing Mace Mattingly on the
92d lap, Charley (Pee Wee) Prob
let's of Baltimore won the 100
lap sportsman car feature at the
West Lanham Speedway last
night before 2,878 spectators in
24:4O.12.
Johnny Roberts Of Brooklyn
was third, Rod Cameron Of Blu. !.
falo, N. Y, fourth, and Roy
Cable Of Baltimore, fifth.
Evening star., 1954-09-18
Northwestern Eager
To Use 1877 Lesson
Given by WI High
By Dick SIoy

Northwestern High School has
had its lesson for the season. an
1877 defeat by Washington-Lee
last night. and now the Wildcats
are snarling for a chance to
teach a few courses of their own
namely, who's boss in the
Maryland Bi-County League.
In answer to the obvious ques-
tion placed before him in the
dressing room, Coach Dan
Palumbo replied fatty: mo! We
won't play any one as tough as
WI the rest of the year." That
includes the four league oppo-
nents plus Anacostia. Eastern,
Gonzaga and Annapolis.
Washington-Lee, already with
a 26-7 victory over Fairfax under
its belt. held only a 60 lead at
halftime, primarily because it
wasted most of the first quarter
and part of the second trying to
run through Carl Offenbacker,
John Bowler and Buddy Giersch
in the middle Of the Wildcat line.
That trio anchors what Palumbo
calls the best line ever produced
at Northwestern.
Toward the end of the first
quarter. however, the visitors
marched 80 yards for a touch
down, with four end runs eating
up 70 of them: Little John
Meroney circled right end for
the last 2 feet after setting up
the situation with q >4l-yard
dash.
Tom Calhoun went 81 yards
around his left end in, the third
quarter to. make it 1910 and,
early in the fourth. Russ Nor
man scored a touchdown for the
second stringers. running the
last 6 yards of a drive from mid
field. Art Eberdt's third try at
placement was low.
The Wildcast avoided a shut
out with about two minutes left
after the teams traded inter-
ceptlons. Northwestern got the
best of the bargain when Allen
Jones grabbed off a pass from
Eberdt and raced II yards to
the WI 3. Paul Grasso scored
on the next play, rounding his
right end.
While WI had trouble run
ming up the middle, North
western had difficulty elsewhere.
Three end runs by John Nor
rison toward the last netted 80
yards and made the rushing
statistics more respectable at
1919 to 95. wills favor, of course.
In the passing phase, Eberdt
completed three for 73 yards
while Northwestern Quarterback
Bob Thomas gained 40 yards
with four good tosses.
Evening star., 1954-09-18
Western Sees Need for Work
After 1913 Tie With Friends

It is fairly apparent to Coach
Fred Mulvey of Western High,
after yesterdays 1913 deadlock
with a sluggish Sidwell Friends
eleven. that his bail club must
improve rapidly if it has any
hopes of defeating arch-rival
Eastern next week.
Breathing a little easier after
his team lust barely managed to
tie the score in the final 10 Sec
onds Of the game, Mulvey said:
Il don't think we have a strong
ball club. but we'll improve as
the season moves on. I think it
was a fine opening game for both
Sides"
With time running out, Ray
lombard, filling in at quarter
back for Boo Lomax who was
elected from the game for fight
ing, hit brother Sal Lombardi
with 13-yard pass for a first
down on the one. On the fourth
down, johnnie Lewis finally
lunged over for the tying score
The extra point which could
have won the game for Western
was blocked by Larry Posner.
The Quakers took advantage
of the Raiders most glaring
weakness-pass defense--to score
one and set up their other touch
down as Tailback Larry Grif-
fifth passed the Westerners silly.
Late In the second quarter, Crit
fifth tossed a f1oater to Dave
KenWorthy, who juggled the bali
and then raced "a yards before
he was hauled down on the two.
Moments later he plunged over
for the score.
Western surged back after the
second half started to tie the
score. Kenworthy fumbled the
kickoff and Western recovered
on the Friend IS. Six plays later
Lomax bucked over on a fourth
down sneak.
Friends took the ensuing kick
off and marched 88 yards with
out giving up the ball. Griffith
climaxed the drive with a short
Evening star., 1954-09-18
Mrs. Clements Takes
Army Navy Club Title
By Bob Honson

Army Navy Club has a new
women's golf champion in the
nine-hole class today. She is
Mrs. Robert E. Clements. who
defeated Mrs. T. C. Aylward, 4
and 8, yesterday in the finals of
the tournament. In the conso-
lation round, Mrs. James E.
Bannon defeated Mrs. Bryan
La Plante, l up.
In the 18-hole competition
rounding out ladies' day at the
club, Mrs. c. P. Phoebus won low
net. 79-9-70, with Mrs. r. w
Shackford capturing second low.
46-15-71,
Evening star., 1954-09-18
BY me Assosisssd Press


NEW YORK. Sept. 10. Frank
IErne, 79-year former light
weight boxing champion who
won the title from George Law
igne in 1899, died yesterday.
He was admitted to Beth David
Hospital in Manhattan three days
ago. suffering from d heart con-
dition..
Erne began his fighting career
in 1894 and fought numerous
engagements, but it was his vic
tory over the celebrated Joe Cans
on March %. 1900. which won
him listing renowfi. After II
rounds Cans. asked to have the
fray stopped.
But two years later Cans won
the title-knocking out Erne in
the first round.
Erne retired from the ring in
1908, but remained a familiar
figure In boxing circles here the
rest Of his life.
He never received q scar OF
blernish from his many fights.
Old timers in boxing here to-
day recalled that Frank Erne
was the oldest living ex-cham.
pion before his death yesterday
in New York.
Frankie Mann, former pro-
moter, remembered a converse
ton he had with Joe Cans a
Berwyn, Md. at the turn of the
century, several weeks aftel
Erne had stopped Cans in 1:
rounds when the latter suffered
a cut eye.
He was one OF the hardes
men to hit I ever met" sais
Cans. "He could feint you ou
of your shoes. He would star
a punch and pull back quickl,
and when you took the fight tt
/ him he would keep you off bal
ance and out of range"
Cans later said that when h
Evening star., 1954-09-18
La Corredora Likely
Fayolrite Today IN
| BeIdaIlle Handicap
sy m. As.eeiatsd prsss

NEW YORK. Sept. 1s.The
fiilies and mares viii have their
big day at Aqueduct Race Track
today. with the winner of the
$5o. .0OO-added Beldame Handi-
cap picking up plenty Of sup
port for the 1854 championship
of the distaff division.
Eleven were entered for the
mile-and d-one-eight Beldame.
but the names of four horses
stand out in what should be one
of the best thoroughbred duels
in the East in many weeks.
tThe race win be televised
by WTOP from 4 to 4:30 pm).
Mrs. Charles Silvers' Lavender
Hill. who beat the best at Chi
cago in the $4,000 Matron
Stakes in July. then whipped q
band of Fasteners in the Diana
Handicap at Saratoga last
month. has high weight of 12f
pounds, but Mrs. Marion w
O'Connor's La Corredora, with
124, was expected to be the
favorite.
Also due for plenty OF mutuel
support were Meyer j. Kaplan's
Sunshine Nell, 1874, and the
Shawmut Stables Gainsborc
Girl, lit.
Others in the Beldame, which
will be worth $65,100 with $46,-
600 to the winner, are the c. v
Whitney entry of Dispute, 112
and Ming Yellow, Ill; Walter
M. Jeffords' Open Sesame, 10;
the Darby Dan Farms Clear
Dawn, ia; Mrs. Ben F. Whit
aker's Grecian Queen, ia; the
Bee Gee Farms Petal, LOG: and
the Foxcatcher Farms Parlo
1l6.
The Foxcatcher Farms Cheva-
ton captured the $29,550 Dis
covery Handicap yesterday by
10 lengths from the Bohemia
Stables Hopes Baby, with the
Lily-Ann Stables Guayana third
in the field of IS 3-year-olds.
elevation ran the mile-and-
one-eighth in 1:50 on a sloppy
track and paid $28.30 for So. The
Discovery was postponed from
last Saturday because of Hur-
ricane Edna.
Evening star., 1954-09-18
Mrs. AIbers Scores
In WGCC Golf Event

Mrs. H. A. Albers won low
net honors yesterday in the
Mrs. John r. Hogan tourna-
ment at the Washington Golf
and Country Club. Mrs. Albers,
with 97-24-73. shaded Mrs. F.
j. Griffith by a stroke. Mrs.
Griffith carded 89-15-74.
Low gross honors went to the
consistent Mrs. Charles Egen-
road, who shot an SO.
Evening star., 1954-09-18
Mrs. Kreuzbere Wins
Columbia Women's S Col |

Mrs. Richard Kreuzberg cap
tured top honors yesterday in
the ladies' day competition at
Columbia. Mrs. Kreuzberg shot
a n to win the match play
against par tourney. 8 up.
Mrs. e. M. Brawner was run
nerup in Glass A, Q down. The
| Glass B winner was Mrs. Carson
| Lyman. even with par, while the
Glass c crown went to Mrs. L. e.
| Hutchison. 2 up.
Evening star., 1954-09-18
buck-lateral pass to End Danny
Bernstein for the touchdown.

buck-lateral pass to End Danny
Bernstein for the touchdown.
Fred Severance raced Is and
20 yards for a pair Of f1rst-half
touchdowns at Roosevelt yester-
day to start Laurel High toward
a 1910 victory over Chamberlain.
The visitors tackled on two safe
ties after halftime when Bob
Harmon blocked a Chamberlain
punt in the end zone and later
a Volts runner was caught in
the same spot with recovered
tumble.
Spingarn High School. defeat
ed by Huntington in it's opener
last Monday, evened it's record
last night in Alexandria with a
1910 victory over Parker-Gray
George Green scored twice and
Benjamin Dupre plunged for the
other. It was Parker-Gray's sec
ond consecutive defeat by Dis
trict school and second shutout
MECHANICSBURG, Pa, Sept
l18 (SpeciaD. Coolidge High
School of Washington, D. c., was
handed a 20-7 defeat by Mechan-
icsburg High last night when the
hosts scored twice in the second
half to overcome a 7-6 deficit at
intermission. The Colts only
touchdown came in the second
quarter when Jack Silas passed
to End Bill Hays on a 64-yard
play.
RICHMOND, Va. Sept. 18.-
| Phelps Vocational High Of Wash
ington, D. c., defeated Arm
strong High, 1870, last night at
Hovey Field here.
Phelps drove 81 yards for
score early in the second quarter
In the third quarter Jim Delany
intercepted an Armstrong pass
on the Armstrong % and raced
untouched for the second score
Late in the fourth quarter
Quarterback Paul Swan passed
10 yards to Jim Braxton for the
final touchdown.
Evening star., 1954-09-18
You Be the
Quarterback
ANSWER

4. Cross buck. No! A line buck
has little chance of making 8
yards.
3. Punt. Don't you want to
win this ball game? Are you
willing to settle for a tie?9 How
ever, this is a better call than
the cross buck because the safe
ty might tumble the punt.
2. Screen pass. It might de-
velop and get enough HusSies
down field to go all the way.
/. Medium long pass. Try it!
You are playing to win. With 2
minutes to go, this is probably
the last play you'll get to run
unless you make 8 yards. In
spite OF all other factors, this
play has the best chance Of
doing that.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-03

Clarendon. Va: 3l95 Wilson Blvd.
FoIls Church. Va: 4l6 So. Wosh. St
Alexondrio. Va: S0l King St.
Downtown: 9Th & { SITS. NV.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-03

Downtown: 8l6 2 St. NV.
Northeast. I'LL n St. NE.
Southeast: go Penn. Ave. Sc.
Silver Spring: S435 Georgia Ave.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-08-12

taught their Sunday school for all
adult classes last Sunday and next
Sunday, August Is, the guest teach
er viii be Mrs. Irene Schumacher of
the Missionary church.
Mr.. and Mra Wilmer Niswander
sold their refdence property on
North Jeffersn IN to Mr.. and Mrs.
Dwight Baun gartner who will move
into their psbperty as soon as the
Niswanders new home is ready fer
occupancy, probably the latter part
of SeptemH Her.
There w be meeting this Fri
day evening Aug. 13, at s p. m. at
the high schooffor the members of
the Pandora Nj ual Telephone Co.
The board mem rs of the company
have recommendM merger with the
Community Tel phone Company at
Leipsic and thi& &meeting is called for
discussion and oting. There will also
be an explain ion of the valuations
of the assets 81 both companies by an
auditor of t public Utilities Com
mission as VII as the general work
ing proceedJ e in event of the merg-
er. If conB Bleted as proposed the
merger will Aoute Pandora toll thru
Findlay as the Ohio Bell Telephone
Company has already given approval
of such arrangement for handling the
long distance call. All members of
the local company have a vote in this
proposal. III
Miss Naomi Mery, RN of New
Jersey is spendi LII vacation period
with her parentM 81 Mr.. and Mrs. John
Beery. III
Following is III partial list of priz-
es to be awardNh at the Annual Fall
festival to be eld at Pandora Park
on wednesday, evening, August Is:
First prize, 100 pound steer; second
prize, Delux Girls or Boys Bicycle;
third prize, 29O pound hog. Also
about so other prizes such as: auto
mobile oil, tractor oils and grease,
poultry feeds, popAp toaster, thermos
bottles and jugs, aluminium shovel,
poultry crates, pianic cold chest, %
pounds sugar, A1sco Ready Flash
camera outfit, or set of A steel
chairs, several poMhds butter, several
gallons ice creantN several merchan-
disc certificates, ectric corn pepper
all good clean merchandise desirable
for every day 4 Me. Best of all will
be the old fashioned home cooked
food and chicken barbecue.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-08-12
THE RAwSON STORY
Latham's Iivery Prospered
As TOUn business Of 9O's

Early in the 1900s one could pay
$40 for a "stand in'-that was a
horse and buggy brought to the
stable for a few hours. The horse
was not unhitched or fed. 1t cost
$50 to have the horse unhitched and
fed, and it cost S.35, if it were fed
corn and hay. Students who drove
into town to go to the high school
were given special rates. The fell
lows often hired the buggies to court
their girls. Fifteen to twenty heads
of driving horses were regularly
kept at the stable. These included
backboards, surreys, single seats, etc.
In 1921 the horseless carriage and
stable became a combination horse
barn and garage. The selling of
gasoline was tedious because the gas
had to be poured through funnel
into the auto and came from up
ground tanks.
We may wonder just what was
going on in the world while Rawsor
grew. Mrs. Long says she remembers
very we'll the homecoming given fol
the soldiers returning from the
Spanish-American War of 1898
There were three churches in Rawsor
at the time, the Methodist, the
Evangelical United Brethren, and g
Congregational Church. 1t was al
this Congregational Church that the
people of Rawson decided to have the
| celebration. There was big banquet
to which everyone was invited, t.
honor the Homecoming soldiers. Mrs
Long was one of the mattresses anc
she tells how they all wore American
flags for aprons.
The Grand Army of the Republic
had lodge in the big House" anc
on Decoration Day they put on big
| parade with bands and floats. Ther
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-08-12

Mr.. and Mrs Millen Geiger of
Bluffton and tn Sr guest Mrs. Pearl
Hill MCGEE o. Lebanon attended
worship servicdS at the Methodist
church Sunday horning. Both Mrs.
Geiger and Mrs q MCGEE were former
teachers in theM local schools and at
tended the Mefhodist church during
their teaching fears here.
Mr.. and Mr& Quentin Lehman and
son Charles 3rived here Saturday
from their nd be in Mountain Lake,
Minnesota an are guests in the
home of Mr.. Lehman's sisters, Mr..
and Mrs. G. II. Soldner in Bluffton
and Mr.. and Mrs. Milford Haas and
son.
Mr.. and Mrs. Francis Kempf and
family and Mrs. Virginia Kempf and
Mr.. and Mrs. Geotge Stoody accom-
panied Janice KemM, Bonnie Stoody,
Anita Stewart and Charles Winters
to Camp Palmer lear Fayette on
Sunday afternoon. THE above group
of Intermediates m the Methodist
church. win attend he weeks activi-
ties at this Ch8stian Adventure
Camp for DEFIANCE District M. Y. F.
The local Busin Is Mems organiza-
ton again spons Fed days outing
for the small frNpf the town and as
is their custom each year the kiddies
were taken to Cleveland last Thurs
day where they Witnessed an Ameri-
can League game between Cleveland
and New York YANKEES. The follow
ing business men drAge their cars:
Calvin Meinke, Haro Vanscooder,
Charles Krohn, Dona Etter, Char
les Lemley, Howard Basinger, Cyril
Hilty and Supt. Fran Dick.
Rev. Paul Whitmelkb kbf Bluffton was
the guest minister aEfhe Grace Men
monte church, SundR# morning.
DIR. and Mrs. M. NJ. Rice and sons
Robert and Richan are on two
| weeks vacation trip.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bob Baxter anc
three children of Lima were Sunday
evening dinner guest at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. RuH Hell Welty anc
children. N
The Sunday schoq teachers of the
Grace Mennonite q rch are having
a vacation from th& II regular classes
during the month af August. Johr
Styer from the Methodist church
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-08-12

a Civil War Soldiers program fol-
lowed. In the fall all of the old
soldiers had campfres for a week
every afternoon and evening. 1t was
like big carnival and everyone was
invited. There were concessions and
other money-making devices.
When Bryan ran against Mckinley,
the people of Rawsoh yelled loudly
for Bryan. Maybe this, was due to
the fact that the people have always
been, and still are farmers for the
most part, and thus they favored the
silver program of Bryan. Some of
the people of the village went to
Buffalo, N. Y. in 1901 to hear Nc
Kinley's speech and witnessed his
assassination. When the witnesses
returned to Rawson, the town was
naturally anxious to hear the exact
account of the act. The town still
stood firm for Bryan, and one woman
even named her son after the man.
Ito Be Continued)