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Evening star., 1954-10-24
Troy and Thompson
To Meet Here Nov. 7

A fight between Middleweight
Willie Troy Of Washington and
Light Heavyweight Eldridge
Thompson, also of Washington,
has been booked by Promoter
Goldie Ahearn for Tuesday night,
November 2. at Turner's Arena.
It will be a non-television fight,
the first such Goldie has staged
in three years. He usually pro-
notes Wednesday nights for the
network with o beer sponsor.
This was o good match just
sitting around waiting for some
body to make it," Goldie said. $50
I grabbed it before somebody else
did"
Thompson figures to outweigh
Troy by nearly 10 pounds as he
is a genuine Hght-heavyweight
He'll make 1853 for this fight,
with Troy around his usual
weight Of 158 to 100.
botn are open type OF ngnterS,
easy to hit but hard to damage
Troy has been knocked out only
once in his career, and Thomp-
son was stopped once on a TKO
because Of cuts. AS Ahearn ex-
plains it, "The people want to
see a slugfest, and that's what
this will be. figure they'll pound
away for the whole 10 rounds. ~
Evening star., 1954-10-24
Martinez, Gonzales
Draw in TV Fight
By the Assesiafed Press

PHOENIX. Ariz., Oct. 49,
Jimmy Martinez and Pedro Con-
zales windmilled to a 10-round
draw before a national television
audience tonight in one of the
best middleweight fights seen
here in several years. Martinez
weighed 156. Gonzales 100.
From the opening bell when
Martinez, Arizona middleweight
champion, bounced out of his
corner slugging, till the final bell
they must have thrown a million
punches. Gonzales is from Ran
kin, Pa.
Twice during the furious &C.
ton the two became so involved
with each other they failed tc
hear the bell. Handlers had tc
vault into the ring to stop the
action.
They were toe-to-toe at the
finish and went 80 seconds or Sc
before the referee finally heard
the bell and jumped between
them.
There were no knockdowns and
neither man was cut.
Judge Bobby McAdoo scored
the fight 96 for Gonzales, "a for
Martinez, Judge AL Bertman
had 1t 96 for Martinez and "a
for Gonzales. Referee Ralf Har-
man scored 90 each.
Evening star., 1954-10-24
IaH:Elz MBA5ERALL
,Sl BEAT
- l 80 aIEEEl By BURTON HAWKINS
By, BURTON HAWKINS

astonished when Brick Owens.
the plate umpire. motioned him
to circle the bases.
More fiabbergasted than Geh-
rig was Whitehill. on the mound
for the Senator's and winning q
10 decision until Louis two-run
homer lifted the Yankees into
a lead in the eighth inning.
Owens refused to consult with
Roy Van Grafian. umpiring at
first base. ana the monumental
ire Of such hotheads as Joe Cro-
min, Heinie Manush and White
hill was something to see.
Whitehill. enraged, grabbed
Owens whistbroom and estab-
lished a distance record by firing
it over the grandstand roof. He
blasted Brick verbally with every
thing that popped to mind but
the decision stuck, and it stands
to this day as one of the most
f1agrant abuses of an umpire's
authority.
AftA losing two games to the
Giants in the 1888 World Sc
RES. the Senators boarded train
in New York. When Whitehill
walked into the diner the atmos-
phere was heavy with gloom.
Earl bawled out his teammates
and finished his brief speech with
a fiery prediction: "I'll beat
those (censored) tomorrow" He
did, too. Shut them out on five
hits to win the only World Series
game in which he ever appeared.
It's the last World Series game
the Senators won.
Earl made the most Of what
he had. To win % games and
lose only 8 in 1888 was an
achievement. In the Yankees
lineup, for instance, were Geh-
rig. hitting 1884. Babe Ruth .301,
Bill Dickey ..318 and Chapman
.318. The Athletics had Jimmy
Fox hitting 1856, Mickey Coch-
rane 1922 and Pinky Higgins
.314.
Whitehill was a picture pitch
er Of a sort. with a smooth style
that showed hitters a broad back
as he wheeled toward second
base, hiding the ball until the
last split-second. It wasn't a
delivery calculated to cure his
control trouble, but Earl was
convinced it was the most effec-
tive motion for him and stuck
with it to become the Senators
top lefthander of all time.
His death Friday at Omaha
as the result of injuries suffered
bin an automobile accident robs
the sports scene of a command
ing figure. Earl personifled
class.
Evening star., 1954-10-24
High School Team
Taken to Court for
Wave of ShopIiftino
BY the Assoeiuted Press

MAYFIELD. KY, Oct. 23.-The
entire Owensboro High School
football team, one Of the States
top elevens. was taken to police
court last night after irate
merchants complained Of q wave
Of shoplifting.
Coach Joe Brown asked the.
guilty boys to step forward and
Is responded.
Police Judge j. Ernest Jones
permitted the boys to return to
OWensboro when they promised
to make restitution.
Most of the stolen goods was
recovered. but two players said
they had sent their loot to
OWensboro by friends.
Five stores reported losses, In
Guiding q valuable ring, following
visits from the team yesterday.
The store owners confronted
the visiting players and their
coaches at q restaurant last niRa1t
after Owensboro had defea III
! Mayfeld. 1s-13.
Evening star., 1954-10-24
Randolph Macon Whips
Johns hopkins, 40
BY the Assoeioied Press

ASHLAND, Oct. 23.-Randoph-
Macon's surprising yellow jack
cts. exhibiting a crushing ground
attack and a stout defense,
walloped Johns Hopkins, 27-0,
to the delight of 5000 homecom-
ing fans here today.
The victory was the fifth
straight for Coach Paul Severin's
forces and moved the Jackets
to the top Of the ladder in the
Mason-Dixon Conference foot
ball race.
Bob Lincoln, a freshman di-
recting the club with the GOODNESS
Of a veteran, scored once him
self from three yards out and
passed six yards to Halfback
Charley Nuttycombe for another.
Nuttycombe also scored on a
pitchout from Lincoln, galloping
seven yards.
Bernie Pinchbeck, the States
leading scorer, broke loose on a
24-yard jaunt to bring his touch
down total for the season to
seven, and John Graham, full
back booted two Of three extra
point attempts. Pinchbeck kicked
the third.
Hopkins - o O O o. q
| Randolph Macon 80 6 O Z 14-27
=, Rsndolph-Macon scoring: Touchdowns'
Conversions. Graham ~. Pinchbeck.
Evening star., 1954-10-24
Pitt Beats Northwestern, A-7,
With Drive in Last 80 Seconds
BY the A.seeiofed Press

PITTSBURGH, Oct.23-Quar-
terback Corny Salvaterra di-
rected Pitt to a 14-7 victory over
Northwestern today with a ST.
yard touchdown drive in the
final 80 seconds.
Salvaterra, displaying m ore
finesse with each game, scored
the winning touchdown and set
up Pitts first score in the OPEN
ing period with his running and
passing.
The 19-year-old sophomore
thrice gambled on fourth downs
and was successful each time.
Northwestern attempted it only
once but failed on its own 46.
The Panthers, directed by Tom
Hamilton. interim coach, scored
the first time they handled the
ball. moving 66 yards. Henry
Ford went over on a one-yard
slant off tackle.
It was strictly a game of fum-
bles and CANDLES. Pitt fumbled
five times and one of the bobbles
resulted in Northwestern's touch
down in the second period.
That was Fullback Tom Jen-
kin's bobble on the two. Fred
Nosal recovered for Northwestern
and John Foster, a third-string
fullback, went over on the next
play.
Salvaterra's 14-yard pass to
End John Paluck and his IT.
yard slant around left end to the
set up Pitts first touchdown.
Aside from the tumble epi-
demic, a homecoming crowd of
1882 saw an exciting contest.
There were nine fumbles in all.
Ford, who scored Pitts first
touchdown, fumbled three times.
In five games now. the Wild
cats from Evanston, H., have
fumbled a total of 80 times.
The victory was Pitts second
OF the season. Hamilton took
over the coaching duties after
Lowell (Red) Dawson entered
the hospital IL days ago with a
heart condition.
Dawson. who watched the
game on te1eviSion at his nearby
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Statistics

ming back the traditional Little
Brown jug from the Gophers,
eighth-ranked team in the Ma
ton. The Wolverines stalled Min
nesota's split-T attack. allowing
only one first down in the first
half
Michigan ground through Min
nesota's defense, rated second
in the Big Ten, for a 70-yard
drive in the first period and an
80-yard series in the second. both
ending in touchdowns.
The Wolverines sm "a cke d
through for three more in the
second half on drives Of 66. SO
and 81 yards.
Branoff. who was back in ac-
ton for the first time since suf-
fering o knee injury in the
Army game, figured in four Of
the touchdowns.
Branoff was sent In the first
time with the ball on Mime
sofas IS. In two plays he
scored. He sparked the second
touchdown drive, but stood by
while Fullback Fred Baer
smacked over from the four for
another Michigan score in the
third period. Halfback Danny
Cline ran % yards in the third
period for the fourth score. Cline
passed 10 yards to End Ron
Kramer in the end zone for the
last score.
Michigan ---7 Is 7-34
MinnesotA -----------0 o D o.
Scoring: Michigsn. touchdowns-
Branof1. Bser (2). Cline. Kramer.
Points after touchdowne-Kramer t4).
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|BoiIernlakers Score
Three TouchdoWns
On Dawson 5 Passes
BY she Assoeiafed Press

EAST LANSING. Mich, Oct.
23.--Len Dawson, Purdue's sem
sational sophomore quarterback,
passed for three touchdowns and
kicked as many extra points to
lead his team to a 27-13 Big Ten
decision today over Michigan
State.
A on1ecoming crowd Of 1858.
largest attendance ever to jam
Evening star., 1954-10-24
WinIess Idaho Surprises
Washington State, 100
BY the Assoeiotsd Press

PULLMAN, Wash, Oct. 23.--
The surprising Idaho Vandals,
who hadn't won a game all, sea-
son, beat Washington State today
for the first time in 20, years.
100. s,2
It was no fiuke for the UNDER
dog Idaho team which was sup
posed to lose by three touch
downs or more. The Vandals
outplayed WSC all the way,
Swamped the Cougar passers and
brought their ground game to Q
dead stop.
The Cougars, blanked for the
second time this year, got into
scoring position only twice and
couldn't get inside the Idaho
Is.
,S.sn ,WSsssninston state g 9 3 "a
Scoring: Idaho, touchdown - fever
baugh. Point after touchdown-Hess.
Field soal-Leppke.
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Statistics

Williamsburg home, will not re-
turn to the helm this season.
The game, one Of three MEGA
contests televised, was beamed
to SO States.
The victory for Hamilton was
his fifth in an interim status
His 1851 team lost the first
games but roared back to win the
next threee. Last week Hamilton
directed Pitt to a 21-19 upset
victory over Navy.
Pitt G-- o q III
Scoring: Northwestern, touchdown-
Foster. Point after touchdown-Dar-
more. Pitt. touchdowns--Ford. Salvat-
terra. Points after touchdowns-BaRa-
merry (2) l.
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Stotistics

into Macklin Stadium, saw the
Spartans score first but then lose
their fourth game in five starts
because of Dawson's passing.
Dawson threw touchdown
passes in the first. second. and
third periods. Ed zembal went
over from the one-foot line for
another score In the fourth quar-
ter to can the Boilermakers' scor-
ing.
Purdue was on the Michigan
State "a when Dawson sailed his
first scoring pass to Len Zyzda,
standing on the four. Another
Purdue surge carried 81 yards
in the second quarter, with Daw-
son passing to Zembal in the end
zone.
73-Yard Pass Play.
In the third quarter, after one
scoring threat was broken up by
an interception. Dawson con-
nected with Jim Whitmer in the
clear on the IS in q play that
carried 73 yards.
Michigan State scored first tc
give the homecoming crowd ar
early lift. The Spartans went SO
yards in II plays, Bert Zagers
going the final six.
In the. third period, the Spar
tans went the length Of the field
starting from their own END
zone. A 19-yard pass to End jim
Hinesley on the six-yard line put
Michigan State in position and
Leroy Bolden blasted the last six
through the middle Of the line
Spartans Muff Chances.
Michigan State muffed several
scoring chances in the first half.
At one point the Spartans were
down to the II and fumbled
away a chance, and another
time drove as far as the 8 but
had to give UP possession on
downs.
Purdue picked up 283 yards on
its smooth passing game on 10
competitions in Is tries. The Spar
tans made 169 yards passing
Michigan State had an edge In
the rushing game, collecting 1874
yards to ISL for Purdue, and
also had a 24-16 edge on first
downs.
The defeat marked the first
time that Michigan State had
lost as many as four games in
a season since the Spartans had
a SIS record in 1916.
sicSis.n sHcSHs STATE -----s ! I &ffaa
Scoring: Purdue, touchdowns--Zyzda
Zembal (2), ], whitman. Point after
souchdowns.Epawson (3l: Michigan
Point after ouchdown--Planutis.
Evening star., 1954-10-24

SCAAVACA4AuA
A big Lacquer from the tips Of
his polished shoes to the waves
of his black hair.
He never quite dimmed the
fire that made him fierce COM
petitor. :. There's a recollection
of a quiet cnat with Earl outside
the clubhouse in spring training
at Orlando. Fla, a few years
ago. More than 100 yards
away AL Slma was pitching bat
ting practice when Earl said.
quietly, Excuse me-" then bel
lowed an oath and charged. bull
like. toward Sima. although his
only connection with the Sena-
| tors at the time was in selling
them uniforms.
Earl had spotted minor flaw
in Sima's pitching motion and it
touched of the dynamite in his
innards. >. He was contemptu-
Gus of mediocrity and couldn t
comprehend how plodding pitch
ers could tolerate beating after
beating without trying to do
something about it. ;. No giant.
he fought his own battle to be-
come a respected pitcher and
despised those who waged a less
relenting fight.
Whitehill tangled with some
Of the games most explosive fig
ureS in his time. He came of
second best in a 1888 brawl here
with Ben Chapman, then of the
Yankees. But to his own mind
he became a pitcher and a man
when he refused to knuck1e down
to Ty Cobb. who was managing
Detroit when Earl crashed the
big leagues.
Ty gave the signals to the
catcher from his position in CEN
ter field" Whitehill said, land in
my case 1t was curve, curve,
curve. It wasn't my idea of how
to pitch and one day decided to
do something about it.
II shook of the catcher's sig
nal," Earl continued, "and SHOOK
him off again when he repeated
it. Cobb came storming in from
centerf1eld, told me to take orders
and walked in circles around the
mound calling me everything ir
1 the book. I told him I had made
up my mind to pitch the game
my way-that If he didn't like
1t he could yank me.
eve went at 1t for 10 minutes
I guess. but he kept me in there
and won. He didn't speak to
me for two years after that Incl
dent. Whenever I pitched, q
coach would tell me to warm up
Ty never told the coach to relay
the message to me until about
10 minutes before game time"
To his dying day, Earl would
burn at the mention of a Lou
Gehrig home run" at Griffith
Stadium. Memorial Day, 1888
On that occasion Gehrig blasted
a ball over the rightf1eld fence
foul by 90 feet. and Lou was
Evening star., 1954-10-24
Wolverines Surge
Into Title Picture as
Branoff Stands Out
BY The Assoeiotsd Press

ANN ARBOR. Mich. Oct. 23.--
Michigan's Wolverines. led by
Halfback Tony Branoff. upset
Minnesota, $40. today and sud-
denly became a serious contend
er for the Big Ten title. It was
MinneSota's first defeat In five
games this season.
Unranked Michigan startled
70,303 homecoming fans by win
Evening star., 1954-10-24
vMl Horriers Win

MORGANTowN, w. Va. Oct.
% (P.--Virginia Military Insti-
tute kept its undefeated cross
country record clean here today
with . 24-36 victory over West
Virginia. WITS Ben Angle
placed first with q time OF 2ONg7
over the 4-mile course at The
MorgantoWn Country Club.
Evening star., 1954-10-24
PITT
NORTHWESTERN 7.
Alert Iowa Converts
; Indiana FumbIes
Into 27-14Victory
BY the Assoeiotsd Press

BLOOMINGTON, Ind, Oct. %.
-Iowa's Hawkeyes turned three
Indiana fumbles into second
quarter touchdown drives, stood
off . two-touchdown Indiana
rally and beat the Hoosiers to-
day. 27-14.
Earl Smith, Gary, Ind. boy
visiting his home State, scored
twice for the Hawks on a siz-
zling 48-yard run and on an IL
yard pass from Ken Ploen. The
second sewed up the game.
Indiana lost two touchdowns,
one on Milt Campbells tumble
into the Iowa end zone and an
other on Florian Helinski's pass
to Brad Bomba that was nulli-
fled by an ineligible man down.
field.
Campbell. famed as q track
star, fumbled twice but also
scored one Of 1ndiana's touch
downs on a 32-yard run. Burly
John Bartkiewicz galloped 80
yards for the other Hoosier
marker.
Other Iowa touchdowns were
scored by Ed Vincent on a l.
yard plunge and Roger Wieg-
mann on a 5-yard pitchout.
James Freeman converted
three extra points for Iowa and
Helinski kicked Indiana's two
Iowa ---O o 21 0 6-27
Indiana ------- o o 7-14
Iowa scoring: Touchdown-vincent
Smith t2). Wiegmann. Conversions
Freeman (3).
Indiana scoring: Touchdowns-Bart.
kieWicZ Campbell C0nVarsi0ns-HeI.
Evening star., 1954-10-24
Towson Soccer Team
Defeats Hoyus, so

Bill Bender scored four goals
as Towson State Teachers Col
lege downed Georgetown Uni
vers1ty, SO. in q soccer game
at Georgetown yesterday.
The win enabled Towson to
remain unbeaten this season.
Evening star., 1954-10-24
Tufts Beuts WiIIiums

WLLIAMSTOWN, Mass, Oct.
% (R.-Halfback Dick Wells
raced 80 yards for a touchdown
today to pace once-beaten Tufts
to q 21-6 victory over Williams.
It was the Jumbos' fourth vic
tory Of the season.
Evening star., 1954-10-24
Illinois Finally Wins,
Beats Syracuse in
Offensive Show, 34-6
BY tho Associated Press

CHAMPAIGN. nl.. Oct. 23.-
Illinois speedy halfbacks whirled
across Memorial Stadium for five
touchdowns today to trample
Syracuse, 34-6. swapping . four
game losing streak.
Abe Woodson, swift Chicago
sophomore. racked up two touch
Evening star., 1954-10-24
Juniutu Boosts Streuk

HUNTINGDON, Pa. Oct. %
R.-Unbeaten Juniata College
scored its fourth straight victory
this year, and 18th straight over
the past two seasons, with q $40
decision over Dickinson College
today.
Evening star., 1954-10-24
Wofford Rolls On

DELAND. Fla. Oct. % tR.-
Stetson's second-half attempts
to get back in the football game
backfired today and the un-
beaten Wofford Terriers took q
41.C victory.
Evening star., 1954-10-24
Ohio State
Continued from Page C-i)


20, and the Big Ten and Rose
Bowl honors probably will ride
on that tradition-packed game.
Today's attendance boosted the
four-game total here to $4,000,
an average Of 79,251. It was the
fourth largest crowd ever to fill
the Buckeye horseshoe.
The loss left Wisconsin with
a 2-1 record in the Big Ten.
Ohio State must get by North
western, Purdue and Michigan in
remaining conference games, but
only Michigan appears to be a
threat. Z
EIis0ss.n Shis ssaa. ------S ! g ALI
Scoring: Wisconsin, touchdowns -
State-Cassady. Bobo. Leegett. Hark-
raider. Field goal Weed. Points after
touchdowns-Weed (2), Watkins t2).
Evening star., 1954-10-24

Earl Whitehill's death stirs
vivid memories of a handsome.
intense fellow with a ready. in
fectious laugh and an eruptive
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temper which
he c h a ined
admirably in
recent years .
A delight
full compan-
ion on a. golf
course, in .
baseball dis
cussion. in q
card game !.
A rough,
tough. guy as
a pitcher, but
a captivating,
conSid e r q t e
Evening star., 1954-10-24
Wyoming Homecoming
Ruined by Utah, AT
By ,he Assoeioisd Press

LARAMIE. Wyo.. Oct. 49,
Utah ground out touchdowns on
drives Of 81 and 80 yards today
to spoil Wyoming's homecoming
before 14.734 fans, lat.
Utah. beaten once in Skyline
Conference play this season
blanked Wyoming until the final
2 minutes, when John Watts
scored from the 5.
Joe Mastrogiovanni, Wyom-
ing's star tailback, was stified on
the ground and took to the air
In the second half In . despera-
ton attempt TO give his team q
win.
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Statistics
downs to lead the 1llini to their

downs to lead the Illini to their
first victory.
Woodson cracked a scoreless
tie in the second period, when
he took a 29-yard pass from
Ed Lindbeck and bolted 80 yards
for the score.
j. c. Caroline intercepted q
Syracuse pass few minutes later
on the Illinois 48. A penalty
moved the ball to the Syracuse
26 before Caroline took a hand
off and ran for Illinois second
touchdown
Syracuse moved II. yards in
six plays for its only touch
down. A pass. Mickey Rich to
Ron Taylor put the ball on the
Syracuse 48.
Another pass by Rich carried
to the II and Don Laaksonen
scored two plays later.
Woodson counted again in the
third quarter, when Bill Micho
fumbled on the S. Jack Cham
blin recovered for Illinois and
Woodson scored two plays later.
Harry jefferson, a 20-year-old
sophomore from White Plains.
N. Y, brought the Dads day
crowd of Al ,820 to its feet before
the third quarter ended. with an
89-yard touchdown run on q
punt return.
Syracuse 8 o o %
| Illinois ii ID 7-34
Scoring: Syracuse. touchdowns =
| Laaksonen. Illinois, touchdowns-Wood-
| son (2l Caroline, Jefferson, Graen.
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Syracuse --0 9 o. o %
Illinois ---.- ii ID 7-34
Scoring: Syracuse. touchdowns -
son (2l Caroline, Jefferson, GraeH.
Points after touchdowns-Wiman (3)s
Caroline.
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AA0AoAo ------------ S-lf
Iowa scoring: Touchdown-vincent,
Smith t2), Wiegmann. Conversions
Freeman (3).
Indiana scoring: Touchdowns-Bart-
kiewicz, Campbell. Conversions-Hel-
inSki (2).
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scoring: Michigan. .touchdowns-
Points after touchdowns-Kramer (4),
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-08
2
Assossinotions Before Attack?
Some Officials Fear Reds Might Take Cue From Puerto Rcons
And Try Mass Sayings Of u S. Leaders Before Military Blow
Constantine Brown

This reporter has learned
that responsible quarters are
concerned 1ver the security Of
our top officials. They see the
possibility that agents under
Red discipline might try to
throw our entire Government
machinery out of gear by a
mass assassination before the
Muscovites strike militarily at
the country.
The recent attempt of four
Puerto Ricans to murder as
many members Of the House
as bullets from their pistols
could hit shows how easy it
would be for determined
squads Of Red goons to throw
the Capital into confusion and
disrupt vital Government
operations.
At present, only the PreSi-
dent of the United States has
adequate protection against
attack by aSSaSSins. There is
a more or less perfunctory
guard for the Vice President.
but this is an innovation. In
the past-except during actual
wartime-the Vice President
had no more guard than the
ordinary individual.
No protection whatsoever
exists for individual members
Of the cabinet or the elected
representatives of the Nation.
Such measures have been
regarded as undemocratic and
unnecessarily costly to the tax
payers. Men who have aSSas-
sinated or attempted to assas-
sinate our chief magistrates
have been crackpots. And it
is impossible to give protection
against such criminals to sew
eral hundred cabinet officers
and legislators.
The situation is now radi-
cally changed. Although the
investigation of the four
Puerto Rican Nationalist"
has not been completed, COM
petent authorities already have