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Kodiak mirror., 1954-05-01
Kodiak To Hold
 Special Election

The City Council at a special meeting recently passed an ordinance. calling for a special election on May 18th, at which time the voters will decide on the three issues on the rais- ing of funds for:
 E IA two per cent Sales Fax tor Street and SsnsH Boat Harbor construction and Ee- pair. s
 2. Additional Bonds for Street work.
 3. Bonds to finance the buy ing of the Chase and Tolbert property on Brooklyn Ave.
 $13o, GOO is asked for the bond issue ahdsthe funds will be allocated as follows: 1880, : GOO for the purchase of the purchase of the building and the property, $21, ,000 for the purpose of purchasing new fire equipment. This needed fire equipment consists of a new bumper required by the Insurance Underwriters As sociation. $29, GOO is needed for the re.modeling of the Chase and Tolbert property so that the building may be used as a City Hall and Fire Head quarters.
 A complete account of the Bond Issues will be run in the Mirror during the early part >of May.
Evening star., 1954-01-03

24-hour phone service! Coll Ma $500 ToDAY-SuNDAY
any hour, any doy moI this coupon:
Evening star., 1954-01-03

T. Bononzo-Frosted Schiffli
trim on Pilot Mills combed
wrinkle resistont seer
sucker; blue, grey, brown.
pink, green, gold; Il to
20 and l4h to 24h-7.9S
Evening star., 1954-12-17
CIV High Soph Loses Weight /,
But Has Found Scorinq Eve

A 15-year-old sophomore who
lost 20 pounds in Europe last
summer is the most pleasant
surprise so far on a big. deep
and sharp shooting George
Washington High School bas-
ketball team.
Walter Densmore has scored
only four points less than Doug
Yates, All-Metropolitan center,
in each of GW's two games to
date. Densmore bucketed ID
points, 10 in the third quarter,
in a losing effort against the
George Washington University
junior varsity Tuesday night
and yesterday got Is during a
6l-38 romp over Columbian
Prep.
Coach Steve Osisek emptied
his bench as his club expanded
rapidly on a 1920 halftime
lead. Yates II points was
topped by Columbian's Chuck
Lynch. who sank 20.
John McDonough's free throw
with Is seconds left gave an
improving DeMatha team its
second victory in q row and
third in five games, 49-48, over
Northwestern last night at De-
Matha.
Jerry Brogdon's 10 points
couldn't avert Northwestern's
first loss in two games. Bill
Evening star., 1954-12-17
Navy Workout Today
Last al Annapolis for
Sugar Bowl Contest
Speeiol Dispatch 10 The Sior

ANNAPOLIS, Dec. 17.-Navy's
football squad goes through it's
last workout at Annapolis today
before the Sugar Bowl game
against Mississippi in New Or
leans New Years Day.
The Middies start their Christ
mas vacation tomorrow. They
report to New Orleans the day
after Christmas and begin the
last phase of their practices De-
cember 27, using the facilities at
Tulane University.
Navy staged a scrimmage yes
terday, it's second in row after
rain earlier in the week had de-
layed workouts. The squad was
at full strength except for George
Textor, second-string guard and
place-kicking specialist, as it
worked on pass offense and kick
ing.
Textor injured his back the
day before and was given an ex-
animation that showed some
bone chips. It's very doubtful
he'll be available against Missis-
sippi. A special pad is being de-
vised for him.
Meanwhile at Oxford, Miss,
home of the Rebels, Coach
Johnny Vaught also pushed his
players through a scrimmage
drill. They concentrated on
passing and dummy tackling,
with the varsity also working
against a "B" team using Nays
offensive formations.
Mississippi will practice until
next Thursday, then take off un-
til December 81.
Evening star., 1954-12-17
GolIuudet Jomboree
Will Open TONIGHT

The annual Gallaudet Prep
Christmas jamboree gets und~"-
way tonight with two flrst-round
basketball games scneGulsu 4~.
the Gallaudet gymnasium.
st. Stephens takes on Wood
ward Prep at 1880 o'clock to-
night and Gallaudet Prep meets
Georgetown Prep at 8:45. The
winners meet at 8:45 pm. to-
morrow in the finals, preceded
by a consolation game at 7::30.
A singles and doubles table
tennis tournament will begin at
9:30 am. tomorrow and foul
shooting competition is slated for
2:30 pm.
Admission for both days Is
$1.25, for one day IS cents.
Evening star., 1954-12-17

out. I saw a piece in the paper
that Hitchcock was leaving soon
to enlist as a flier. He was then
43 years old. ! made a date to
call on him at his Office in
downtown New York. There was
no particular reason for my do
ing so except my admiration and
affection for man I thought
was going off to die needlessly.
WELL" Hitchcock said. I'm
glad to see you. But what's the
Story?"
II understand" I said, "you
are going back in the flying
corps"
"Yes," Hitchcock smiled. I'm
only 43. I'm just coming to my
peak" He looked it. Young
looking and strong, a 43 that
looked IS. We talked awhile and
shook hands. said $50 long" and
the rest of it. AS I turned to
leave he said, "What difference
does it make-now or a little
later on? I'm not worrying i.
don't you" His was a genuine
smile as I left.
I realized Tommy truly didn't
care. In April of '43 I read that
a Psi Mustang he had been
testing suddenly hurtled high
from the heavens to the earth
below. A very game and gallant
gentleman had left our circle.
Rockne and the Four HOrSemen.
Ring Lardner. keen Notre
Dame and Midwestern rooter,
went with me to West Point in
the fall of 1920. We ran into
John j. McEwan. the big Army
assistant coach. John j. was
loaded with confidence.
II understand" said Lardner,
"that Rockne is coming in again
with a kid named Gipp."
"Who the hell is Gipp?"
snorted McEwan.
You'll find out at 10 minutes
to 2 tomorrow" replied Lardner.
McEwan did. With the Army
and the irrepressible French
leading, 17-14, at half time, Gipp
put on a one-man rodeo as the
Irish pulled out the game.
27-17.
How'd you like Gipp as a
football player?" I asked Nc
Evan after the game.
"Gipp is no football player"
retorted McEwan. Hes a run
away -of-a-gunn
Self reliant as a wild mustang,
George Gipp came out of the
iron-ore country near Calumet,
Mich. At times he even baffled
Rock. The following, told to me
by a former Notre Dame star
and assistant coach, occurred
during the intermission Of the
historic 1920 Army game.
Being behind by three points,
Rock was really laying into the
Evening star., 1954-12-17

boys" he said. "He had about
finished and Gipp. standing
nearby, asked me for a drag Of
my cigarette. Rock looked UP
and spotted Gipp leaning against
the door. his helmet on the back
Of his head. putting the cigarette.
Rock exploded. 'As for you.
Gipp. he cracked, 7 suppose you
haven't any interest In this
game -
Listen. Rock Gipp replied.
I've got $500 bet on this game;
I don't aim to blow any $500!'"
Rock was younger then. Later
not even Gipp would have got
away with 1t.
One of Rocks greatest gangs
was his 1924 team that featured
a veteran array Of backs func-
tioning behind a powerful. COM
bative line.
In the fall Of 1928, Army met
Notre Dame at Ebbets Field be-
cause the World Series between
the Yankees and the Giants was
taking place at the Polo Grounds.
I preferred the football game.
That afternoon / took along
Brink" Thorne, Yale's great 1895
captain. We had only sideline
passes, so Brink and I watched
from the rim Of the playing field.
In one wild end run, the Irish
backfield of Harry Stuhldreher.
Jim Crowley, Don Miller and
Elmer Layden. swept off the field
over the sideline. At least two
of them jumped over me. down
on my knees.
"It's worse than a cavalry
charge" I said to Brink. "They
are like a wild horse stampede"
That thought occurred to me
a year later at the Polo Grounds
when the same backfield beat
Army, 1877, en- route to an unde-
feated year. and the -Four
Horsemen" emerged on my copy
paper.
All Hardy and Versatile.
They were an amazing four
men. Fullback Elmer Layden,
better than 1O-second sprinter,
weighed 164 and was the heav-
lest of the lot. Quarterback
Stuhldreher. at 154 pounds. was
the lightest and the halfbacks.
Miller and Crowley. were in be-
tween. Fast and shifty, the
Four Horsemen had a brand of
rhythm that was beautiful to
watch. They were a hardy lot
and were seldom hurt. They
could all block and tackle and
carry the ball-the memory of
them made me scoff a little dur
ing the days of platoon football,
with offensive and defensive
specialists cluttering up the
premises each Saturday after
noon.
Jimmy Crowley was one of the
wittiest men I ever knew. In
practice one day, Rock said to
Jimmy after he had muffed some
play. Whats dumber than a
dumb Irishman?"
"A smart Swede." Jimmy re-
piled. No further conversation
Granny" Miller said to me
one day, Rock put us together
in the same backf1eld, but the
day you wrote us up as The Four
Horsemen, you conferred an i'm
mortality on us that gold could
Evening star., 1954-12-17
Goode, , Sits Added
To AN-Stor Squads
For Pro Bowl Game
BY the Associated Press

LOS ANGELES, Dec. IT.
Selection OF Fullback Rob Goode
of the Washington Redskins for
the East squad and Bill Sits of
the Detroit Lions by the West
today completed teams for the
annual charity pro-bowl game
January III.
The coaches of the two Ma
tional Football League squads
were assigned an all-star team
of 20 and given the chance to
pick the 36th man.
Jim Trimble Of Philadelphia,
the East coach, selected the 230-
pound Goode to alternate with
Eddie Price of the New York
Giants, the only fullback named
to his squad.
Buck Shaw, the Vests coach,
picked Sits, a steller rookie de-
fensive halfback from the Detroit
Lions who played at UCLA last
year.
Evening star., 1954-12-17

never buy. Let's face it. We
were good, sure. But we'd have
been just as dead two years after
graduation as any other back.
field if you hadn't painted that
tag line on us. It's 80 years
since we played. Each year we
run faster. block better. score
more tbs than ever! The older
we are. the younger we become
in legend. Another thing. In
business. that tag line has
opened more doors has
meant more to each of us in
associations. warmth, friendship
and revenue. than you'll ever
know"
That's as nice a compliment
as fellow can receive.
(Copyrisht. 1854, by A. 8. Barnes
Co, Inc.l
Distributed by The Bell Syndicate. Inc.l
In the merit article Rice
giues some sidelights on the
many colorful football coaches
OF the past halt century.
Evening star., 1954-12-17

Fred Procopio with football at
the tlme-it's just that he was
once a catcher with the Univer-
sity of Maryland and later played
semipro ball in the Upper Mont
gomery County League and in
Minnesota while not coaching at
the Rockville school.
And Coleman. strapping
youngster who graduated from
Richard Montgomery in 1852,
had just finished a real good
year with Spartanburg, s. c.. In
the Tri-State League.
Inquiry of the Cleveland In
dams farm director. Mike Nc
Nally, produced the following
1854 statistics on Outflelder
Coleman:
Games, 1877; at bat, $50; runs,
90; hits, lit; two-base hits, 35;
three-base hits, 9; home runs,
IA; total bases, 269; sacrifice hits,
8; stolen bases, 8; bases on balls,
35; runs batted in. 100; struck
out, Al; batting average, .318.
"a fine prospect" McNally
wrote of the boy.
4 X 4 y
Coleman attended Duke Uni
versity on a football scholarship.
He was an All-State end at Rich
ard Montgomery in his senior
year there, but, by his own adj
mission, was only so-so on the
Duke freshman squad.
Il decided that if I wanted to
play baseball at all I'd better get
out of football before I got
broken up," Coleman said at his
Rockville home the other day.
So he signed with the Indians
for $4,000 in the summer of 1858
and spent a month with Read
ing, Pa, in the Glass A Eastern
League. His contract has been
sold outright to Reading for
next season and, if military
service doesn't interfere and If
spring training goes right, the
20-year-old slugger will move
back up in 1855.
This year he led Spartanburg
in every batting department ex-
cept triples and stolen bases and
led the league in doubles. He
was third or fourth" in homers,
second in RIBS and hits and
first or second" in total bases
in the league.
y X X
Gordon calls his association
with Miles lone of the big steps
in my life, I guess"
He took me out to Minnesota
Evening star., 1954-12-17

Galleher led the Stays with "A
points.
EASTON. Md. Dec. II tSpe-
ciaD. = Bladensburg High of
Prince Georges County was due
IN Salisbury tonight to take on
Wicomico High, seeking its third
straight victory against out-of-
town clubs.
The travelling Mustangs clipped
Easton, 44-39. here last night.
thanks largely to John Lindsay's
Is points. Lindsay broke a go
80 tie with a jump shot after
Easton had overcome q 25-12
halftime deficit.
Joe Botazzi led both teams
with II points yesterday at the
Boys Club of Washington gym
nasium, but his team, Woodward
Prep, lost its third in row any,
way. 1898, to st. Stephens.
George Koch's is points paced
the Saints to their second win
In three outings.
Evening star., 1954-12-17
Two Baylor Linemen
Dropped From Squad
By the Associoted Press

WACO, Tex, Dec. 17.-Baylor
will 60 to Jacksonville for the
Gator Bowl minus two of its best
linemen-Guard Dan Miller and
Center Jimmy Taylor-who were
dismissed from the squad by
Coach George Sauer for break
ing training rules.
Sauer said the two showed
repeated disregard of training
rules and a lack of cooperation
with the squad and coaching
staff"
Miller is a sophomore rated
one of the best guards in the
Southwest Conference. Taylor is
a Junior letterman.
Dugan Pearce, sophomore.
will replace Miller and Bill
Glass, another sophomore, will
take over for Taylor.
AUBURN, Ala, Dec. II (R.-
Jim Pyburn. Auburn end, twisted
a knee during yesterdays drill in
preparation for the Gator Bowl.
but Trainer Kenny Howard said
he is expected to be ready for
the December 81 game at Jack
sonville. Fla.
Evening star., 1954-12-17
Davis Cup
CONTINUED From Page CID

was impressed with today's VIC
tory.
"Trabert looked like player
who is not at top form, but who
is gradually reaching it," Hop
man acknowledged. There's no
doubt that Seixas is far superior
to the Seixas of a year ago."
But Jack Crawford, former
Australian ace and q keen OBJ
server. was not sold on Seixas
and Trabert. He commented:
Judged. solely on their play
against Sweden. the performance
Of the two Americans did not
increase any doubts we may have
had about Australia's ability to
retain the cup Australia. how
ever. should not become too con-
fident because there were two
warning lights displayed by the
Americans. Trabert was keener
and concentrated better than at
any time this season and Seixas
proved he still fights like a
tiger"
Evening star., 1954-12-17
Langlois Agent Gets
2-Week Suspension
For Fight Protests
BY the Assoeioisd Press

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. IT,
The final round in Carl (Bobo)
Olson's successful defense of his
middleweight champ 10 n s h p
against Pierre Langlois of France
has been decided against Lang
lois American agent, George
Kanter.
Chairman Tony Entenza of
the California Athletic Commits
sion late yesterday rejected Kan
ter's contention that the Is
round title fight, ending in a
technical knockout Of Langlois in
the 18th round Wednesday night,
should be declared a draw.
He imposed a two-week sus-
pension on Kanter and demand
ed a written apology from the
New York agent because Of the
latter's charges that the fight
was stopped because Langlois
had been butted so badly the
Frenchmafl's eyebrow was split.
Movies Support Olson.
CALIFORNIA; new "butt rule"
reads that if a fighter is leading
on points when a fight Is stopped
because of an injury caused by
butting, he receives the decision;
II he is trailing on points and
butting causes an end to the
fight. he gets a draw.
The referee stopped the Olson
Langlois fight in So seconds of
the 18th round because of a deep
cash over the Frenchman's left
eye. Don Shields, former fight
commission inspector, said
movies showed Olson opened the
cut with a long right hand
punch in the sixth round.
Ringsiders agreed Olson stoutly
denied butting his opponent. a
contention which Shields said
was supported by movies.
Profuse Apologies Made.
After the hearing yesterday.
profuse apologies came from
Kanter and Jean Bretonnel,
Langlois' French manager. They
said they had been misquoted
and that translation from
French to English had been
faulty.
Chairman Entenza said Kan
ter's two-week suspension would
not be relayed to other States if
he writes the California board,
"apologizing for your mouthings
to the press"
II am partly impressed with
the manager, Bretonnel, and the
fighter, Langlois," Entenza told
Kanter. II am not so impressed
with you"
Langlois was to leave for New
York today and for Paris De-
cember 90.
Evening star., 1954-12-17
%%t %HIeH ScHooLsX

in 1851 and so and we played
in a real fast league. worked
in a warehouse out there.
ICY Slapnicka. VINO you re-
member signed Bobby Feller
while general manager of the
Indians. came out to scout Herb
Score and also tried to pick me
up. I held off then, but last
year wrote the Indians to give
me an offer"
Coleman was a pitcher in high
school and switched to first base
while playing in Minnesota.
Cleveland signed him as a first
baseman and it was mostly
Jimmy Bloodworth, the Spar
tanburg manager, who made him
an outfielder.
BloodWorth, who wound up
his major league career with
the Phillies in 1850 after playing
infield for five major league
clubs, including Washington.
spent many a morning and after
noon teaching Gordon the nice
ties of the outfield. Hitting, ap-
parently, came more naturally
to the boy. At one point during
the season he led the league in
four departments.
Coleman blames The heat as
the reason his hitting tailed off
toward the last of the season.
"I've never played ball in heat
like that before and I came
home weighing about 1875 or 190,"
he says. About 205 is my natu-
raj weight.
II went to spring training at
about 238 and they were pretty
unhappy about it. I did a lot of
running in the sweat jacket and
by the middle of the season I
was feeling kind of weak.
But Jimmy told me at the
end of the season that I was a
100 per cent better ballplayer
than when I started"
Bloodworth was talking about
his defensive ability, probably.
If he feels like Miles, he doesn't
have much worry about Cole
mans hitting.
Or maybe he does. Yesterday
Bloodworth was signed to man.!
age the Charlotte IN. Co. Hor-
nets in the South Atlantic
League, a Class A team in the
Washington Senators organiza-
ton. Folks in Rockville no doubt
are hoping that Coleman's abili-
ties some day trouble Blood
worth's new bosses.
Evening star., 1954-12-17
By Grontlond Rice

w 0S0utt0u0 sAs&S
Back In the cleaning, I wrote
a piece Of verse entitled "Alum-
nus Football which closed with
these two lines:
For ,chen the One Great Scorer
comes to mark against your
name,
He ,Drites-not that you tOon
or iost-but ho1D you played
the Game.
] can't imagine two competi-
tors who lived these lines with
fiercer abandon than two friends
of mine, now dead. They were
polo players, both all-time 10
goalers. Their names were Tom
my Hitchcock, jr., and Devereux
Milburn.
There was on thing in partic-
ular about Dew Milburn I always
agreed with. It was his philos-
ophy of competitive sport. The
philosophy of many coaches is
that winning is all that counts
the will to win" is all that mat
tiers
THAT is a lot of nonsense"
Milburn used to say. "It is the
battle-the conteSt-that counts,
not the score. If two meet, one
must win and one must lose.
But they can both have a great
afternoon!"
We were sitting in the club
house at Meadowbrdok one day
when he explained his stand in
further detail.
I'VE have just finished a
match against the British team"
he said. I'VE won easily-17 to
2. I was bored to death. No
fight. Nothing but sitting on a
horse. Years ago I remember we
met the British here. Cheape
was riding for them. What a
fight! Hard. rough, knockdown
battle all the way. We lost, but
I never got such a kick out of a
game. Who won wasn't impor-
tant. 1t was the scrap. That's
all-all!"
Milburn and Hitchcock were
the forerunners of modern polo.
In the older days when Harry
Payne Whitney was the United
States captain, polo was largely
a matter of fineSse The ball was
hit for some one else to handle.
1t was worked forward towards
the opposing goal in short takes.
Hitchcock Changes Style.
But when Hitchcock came
along, his idea was "to hell with
all this. Well get the so yards
with one wallop."
Milburn was always tough-at
polo, golf or anything else.
was playing with him as a
partner one day when the match
was all even at the final hole.
Our opponents got off two fine
drives; I was badly bunkered.
Milburn sliced his drive into the
middle of a bramble forest.
ANY chance?" he said.
I'm buried" I said. I'm out
of it,"
So Milburn disappeared into
the thicket. Lost. I couldn't see
him. One of our opponents stood
and watched grimly.
That's just what Milburn
wants." he said, "a completely
impossible shot"
There was a crash and the
ball came sailing out some 200
yards and stopped eight feet
from the cup. He had used a
wood where I thought niblick
was impossible. That was Mil
burn. Nothing was impossible.
In 1941, after war had broken
Evening star., 1954-12-17
Late Score by Thomas
Wins for Naval Airmen

A driving underhand shot by
Bud Thomas with 20 seconds re-
naming gave Naval Air Station
an 1881 victory over Boiling Air
Force Base last night at Boiling.
Forward Jay Peterson of the host
team was the games high scorer
with 26 points.
; At Walter Reed Hospital, Don
Grider scored IA points and
Archie Drake, Bill Morgan and
Ken Wineiwski IL each to lead
Naval Receiving Station to a
60-H victory over Walter Reed.
1t was the 18th win in IA games
for MRS.
Evening star., 1954-12-17
Wilhoite Returns to Colts

BALTIMORE, Dec. II R.-
Elmer Wilhoite has signed for
his second try at professional
football with the Baltimore Colts
next season. The 215-pound
lineman from Southern Cali
fornia failed this year because
Of knee injury suffered in pre-
season exhibitions. An opera
ton has been performed on the
knee
Evening star., 1954-12-17
AII-Stur
Continued From Page CID

Thompson had SO and Detroit's
Ray Boone 25.
Lemon, winner of 20 games
or more for the sixth time, led
all the righthanders with 287
votes, but the biggest vote get
ter among all the hurlers was
Southpaw Johnny Antonelli,
whose alt won -lost record and
2.29 earned run average was tops
among National League mounds
men. The young Giant was
named on 344 ballots. Robin
Roberts, biggest national League
winner. was runnerup to Lemon
with 81 votes while Antonelli's
chief competition came from
Warren SPAIN. The veteran
Braves lefthander, another six
time 20-game winner, received
81 votes.
Is Pitchers Considered.
In all 18 pitchers received
consideration. Southpaw Whitley
Ford of the Yankees, with IA,
and righthanders Early Wynn of
Cleveland and Virgil Trucks of
the White Sox. with 10 each.
were the only pitchers whose
votes reached double figures.
There were % candidates for the
three outfield positions. Williams
with 153 votes, the Yankees
Mickey Mantle with 81 and the
White Sox' Minnie Minoso with
As, formed the second outfield.
Larry Dolby. Cleveland's home
run and RBI leader, received a
surprisingly low 80 votes to place
seventh.
The team boasts six 300 hit
tiers. both batting champions,
one home run and one RBI
champ. five players with 100 or
more runs batted in and three
who hammered 40 or more
homerS.
The vote of the writer's fol-
lows: (Only top five.)
First base--Kluszewski Reds, $50:
Hodges, Dodgers, So: Vernon, Senators,
II: Loekman. Giants. 8: Adcock,
Second base-Avila. Indians, ESQ;
White sox. 21: Hammer. Philiies, Z:
IVndHHFE. h
Third 6ase-Rosen, Indians, ala;
Mathews, Braves. 10; Thompson, Giants.
So. Boone. Tgers. IS; Jablonski.
sh sshhortstop-Dark, Giants, 27s: Kuenn,
Tigers. 81; Carrasauel, White Sox, AZ:
Reese, Dodgers, %: Logan, Braves. z.
Outneld--Mays, Giants. 397; Mnsial,
Cardinals, $40; snider, DODGERS. 195;
Williams, 1853: Mantle. Yankees. 81;
Hinoso, White sox, 45; Dolby, Indians,
80; Mueller, Giants, 81.
Catcher--Berra, Yankees, S19: Cam
PAMELA, Dodgers, q: Hegan, Indians, z;
Erandall. Braves. B; Westrum, Giants, 4.
Righthanded pitchers-Lemon, Indians,
967; Roberts, Phillies, o.: Wynn, In
dams. and Trucks. White sox. 10; Grim.
Ss Lefthanded pitcher-Antoneln, Giants.
D44; SPAIN, Braves, 81; Ford, Yankees.
Il: Haddix. Cardinals, 4: Lopat