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Evening star., 1954-01-03
Herman Hickman Will Speak
At Touchdown Affair Saturday

Herman Hickman. the 300
pound-plus former Yale football
coach who left that assignment
to devote full time to television,
radio and speaking engagements,
will be a main speaker at the
Touchdown Clubs 18Th annual
dinner at the Hotel Statler Sat-
urday night.
Hickman, who was a lineman
at Tennessee and who later
wrestled and played pro football
before taking up college coach
ing. has earned a reputation as
one of the country's leading
humorists. Sports Writer Bob
Considine will be master of cere-
monies. and at least one other
man will be added to share the
speaking duties with Hickman.
Top football players and coaches
from all over the country will be
at the party to receive trophies.
The most interest. perhaps, will
be centered in the Touchdown
Clubs All-America backfield,
each member of which will re-
ceive a duplicate of the Walter
Camp Memorial Trophy. This
lineup includes Bernie Faloney
Evening star., 1954-01-03
Percy Bassett Scores
.First-Round kayo
Over French Champ
BY The As.oeiossd Pres.

PARIS, Jan. 2.-Percy Bas-
sett of Philadelphia, interim
worlds featherweight boxing
champion, knocked out Jacques
Herbillon. French lightweight
champion. in the first round of
their scheduled l0-round bout
tonight before $4,000 in the Paris
Sports Palace.
Bassett floored the Frenchman
three times. Herbillon went down
for the count of eight under a
furry Of rights after only 20
seconds.
After one minute Of fighting,
he was down again from a right
to the body and was visibly
panied as he arose.
Bassett charged in again and
fioored his opponent with a right
to the head at 1:25. Herbillon
rose at the count Of nine. and
Referee Renee Schneeman waved
MIN TO MS corner ana Slgnaleo
Bassett the winner.
The crowd. many from Herbil-
Ions home town of Reims. was
stunned by the sudden ending.
Herbillon, who weighed 1861, is
rated locally as a puncher, but
he could do nothing tonight ex-
cept try and duck punches.
The victory gave Bassett.
1854, a record Of two victories
and one defeat on his current
European tour. He beat Louis
Carrara here six weeks ago. and
lost a disputed decision to Joseph
JansSens in Brussels.
Bassett probably threw no
more than 10 punches tonight,
and Herbillon was unable to
swing more than two or three
times in the short time.
Unexcited. BaSsett said they
told me he was a puncher and
might be dangerous, so I got rid
of him as soon as I could"
Evening star., 1954-01-03
Pro Tennis Troupe
Starts Tour Today

It will be Frank Sedgman
against Pancho Segura and Pam
cho Gonzales against Don Bulge
in the opening singles matches
Of the two-night pro tennis tour
nament at $50 o'clock Friday
and Saturday at Uline Arena.
The Jack Kramer troupe starts
it's tour of the country today in
Madison Square Garden. The
trip will include IS cities and 100
matches before June /.
Bulge, 38-year-old Californian
who now makes New York his
home, and Gonzales. 25-year old
American-born Mexican. will
meet in the first match.
Sedgman, 26-year-old former
Australian Davis Cup star, and
Segura. 32-year-old Ecuadorian.
will meet in the second match.
The winners will be paired Sat-
urday night for the title" while
the losers will meet in a consola-
ton match.
Doubles play also is scheduled
for both nights. Manager Kra-
mer will team up with Sedgman
against Gonzales and Segura in
a match FRIDAY night.
The singles Champion" will
receive a $4,000 purse. with
1850 going to the runnerup,
$3.50 to the third-place finisher.
and $500 to the fourth man.
Doubles winners will split S400
and the losers 500 each night.
Evening star., 1954-01-03
'DeMarco Beats Dupas
With Closing Rally
For Split Decision
BY the As,eeio,sd Pros,

NEW ORLEANS. Jan. 2. -
Paddy DeMarco of Brooklyn
jumped into higher lightweight
title competition tonight by
scoring 10-round split decision
over Ralph Dupas of New Or
leans in a nationally televised
match.
DeMarco. rated ninth among
lightweights, weighed 1882.
Dupas, the third-ranking light
weight. weighed 139.
DeMarco finished strong in the
late rounds to upset the fashy
18-year-old high school I boy.
Out-maneuvered in the fights
early rounds, DeMarco carried
the fight to Dupas in the last
three to earn the close decision.
Judge Francis Kercheval gave
Dupas six rounds and DeMarco
four. Judge Pete Giaruso gave
DeMarco six and Dupas four.
Referee Eddie (Kid) Wolfe gave
DeMarco the verdict, five rounds
to three with two even.
Dupas, starting his first regu-
lation 10-round match, surprised
fans by mixing it with the hard:
punching DeMarco. He fought
of DeMarco's rushes in the early
rounds by beating the Brooklyn
puncher at his own game in the
infighting.
Dupas, rated one of the fastest
men in his division. was clearly
superior at long distance fighting
and opened up cuts over De-
Marcos nose and left eye in the
first round.
Obviously bothered by the cuts,
DeMarco was even more bewild-
cred by early speed but he cut
down Dupas' lead by rushing
him into the ropes in the final
three rounds in trying for o
knockout.
DeMarco entered the ring a
decided underdog. The approxi-
mately 5000 fans paid a gross
gate of about $4,000.
Evening star., 1954-01-03
Siemering Signed
As Calgary Coach
BY The Assoeio,ed Pres,

CALGARY. Alta, Jan. LIAR
ry Siemering, Washington Red
skins line coach. has been signed
to coach the Calgary Stampeders
OF the Western Interprovincial
Football Union. Ed O'Connor
Stampeders president, an
nounced.
Siemering will succeed Bob
Snyder who was fired shortly
after the Western Conference
schedule ended. Snyder took over
from Les Lear who was fired at
the end Of the 1852 campaign.
Siemering. who spent four
years as head coach of College
OF Pacific, served under Curly
Lambeau with the Redskins last
season.
The 42-year-old Siemering has
had IL years coaching expert
ence. In 1947 he succeeded Amos
Alonzo Stagg at College of Paci-
nc and in four years he won IS
and lost five games.
He left College of Pacific in
1851 to coach Arizona State at
Tempe and was In private busi-
ness last year before returning
to active service with the Red
skins in 1853.
Evening star., 1954-01-03
Texas League 10 Elect
New Officers Saturday
BY the Assoeioied eress

DALLAS. Jan. 2.-The Texas
League will meet here Saturday
to elect a new president and
secretary and adopt a 161-game
schedule.
j. Alvin Gardner. president of
the league for "a years, and
Milton Price. secretary and also
executive vice president. have
resigned to devote their time to
private business.
All the eight clubs OF the
league prevailed on them to re-
main in Office at least until the
expiration of their contracts,
which have two years to run,
but they have indicated they
will not reconsider.
II am committed to continue
with Mr.. Gardner in our oil
business and am happy to do it,"
Price said.
The presidents job pays $10,-
600 q year and vice president
and secretary draws $1,000.
Evening star., 1954-01-03
Dy the A,,oeiotsd Press

MELBOURNE. Jan. Aus
tralia's tennis teenagers can be
beaten and America should start
laying plans Immediately for the
recapture Of the Davis Cup in
1854, a United States Lawn Ten
mis- Association official said to-
day.
II don't go along with the
theory that Australia has the
cup in the bag for the next five
years." DR.. Ellsworth Davenport.
association treasurer and man
ager Of the unsuccessful 1853
team. said.
This years challenge round
was touch and go and revolved
on a couple of important points.
There was no clear cut su-
periority and no reason to be-
lieve it might not swing the
other way next time"
Davenport said Americas task
now is to develop another sim
giles player Of the type Of Tony
Trabert. and begin work i'm
mediately on building a doubles
combination.
May Be Last for Seixas.
I'VE don't know Vic Seixas'
plans. but he has indicated
this might have been his last
Davis Cup year." Davenport
added. 1--WE have our problems.
But we might start thinking
about our 1854 personnel"
Davenport said that in Ira
bert America has player of
great ability and greater po-
tential who may prove the best
amateur in the world. Thus the
development Of a crack doubles
tandem might win back the cup
for Uncle Sam sooner than any,
body expects.
"Hoad's win over Trabert
proved nothing-except that
there is no more than a thread
Evening star., 1954-01-03
Tennis Official Believes u. S.
Can Defeat Aussies in7Q54

Of difference between these two
boys with the big games" he
said. IF Tony continues to de-
velop we may be able to count
on him for two singles points"
Discussing the prospects for
new Davis Cup talent. Daven-
port said:
Bob Perry has improved i'm
measurably. and this trip to
Australia seems to have done
him . lot of good. He is only
20 and still developing.
"And there is Ham Richard
son. He has been playing good
tennis. Also. we have our eyes
on Bernard Bartzen and a very
good young fellow at the Pres
byterian College named Alan
Morris.
"our outlook is not Q dark
one. at all"
Perry Improving.
Perry is a rangy UCLA student
from Los Angeles who, along
with Richardson. made up the
non-playing section of this years
Davis Cup squad. Six-feet-4 in
height. he covers the court we'll
and hits for tremendous speed
and depth OF both q backhand
and forehand Since arriving
here his volleying has improved
under the coaching Of Capt. Bill,
Talbert.
Perry split two sets with Mer.
vyn Rose and beat Give Wilder
spin easily In exhibitions here
Thursday.
Richardson. one OF the top
ranked players nationally, is now
a veteran Of three Davis Cup
campaigns.
Bartzen is a young lefthander
from San Angelo. Tex, who
made a world tour last year.
Morris Is q good-looking new
conner.
Evening star., 1954-01-03
NYU Rallies 10 Beat
Miami Of Ohio, 82-T
BY the Assoeiossd Press

NEW YORK, Jan. 2.-Rallying
IN the last three minutes, New
York University downed an under
sized Miami Of Ohio team 82-79
tonight in the second game of a
college basketball double-header
at Madison Square Garden.
Marshall of West Virginia. led by
high-scoring Walt Walowac. ran
Iona into the ground, 1881, in
the opener.
With the score tied at 76-all.
Don Debonis hit on two free
throws and after Dick Klitch got
one back for Miami, Boris Mach
amkin and Debonis came
through with successive baskets
and that was the ball game.
Nachamkin, the Violets' g.
foot-6. 205-pound center, scored
81 Of his teams points as they
came from behind a six-point
first quarter deficit and one of
two points late in the third.
Walowac. billed as pocket
sized Bevo Francis, looked the
part in the first game. The s.
foot-11 jump-shot specialist
scored 81 points.
Evening star., 1954-01-03

of Maryland. Johnny Lattner of
Notre Dame, Paul Giel of Mime
sofa and Alan Ameche of Wis
conSin.
Maryland's Stan Jones will be
presented the Knute Rockne Me-
mortal Trophy as the country's
outstanding lineman, and Steve
Korcheck of George Washington
gets the 1t. Robert B. Smith
Memorial Trophy as the out
standing player in the Washing
ton area.
The coaches, too, are in for
their share Of trips to the head
table. Earl H. (Red) Blaik of
Army gets the nod as college
coach of the year and Paul
Brown of Cleveland will be hon.
ored as the best pro coach.
Nor will the high school and
sandlot players be forgotten.
Trophies go to Phil Perlo of
Roosevelt as the best public high
school player, to Bob Rusevlyan
Of st. Johns in the best prep
school player and 20 Richard
Hite of Car Credit as the best
sandlotter.
Evening star., 1954-01-03
Line Girl Becomes
Capades Star

The Ice Capades Of 1854, which
will open a two-week stand at
Uline Arena the night of jan
uary 81, will feature Helen Da-
wilson in a new role.
Helen, an attractive blond
from Dallas. Tex. started with
the show as a line girl in 1947.
When last seen in l949 she had
a few special acts. Now she
is a star.
Spotlighted this year in one
Of the 10 production numbers
entitled. Diamond Jubilee of
Light" Helen has returned to
the show after taking time out
to become a mother. She mar
ried Bobby Maxson a few years
ago and they now have a baby
boy. Bobby. jr.
Maxson and his sister Ruby
make up the shows popular
brother sister combination.
A number of longtime IA
vorites with Ice Capades fans
will be back. including Bobby
Specht and Donna Atwood. Or
rim Markhus and Irma Thomas,
Larry Jackson and Bernie Ly-
nam. Hugh Forge and Stig Lar
son, Mike Darlington. Paul
Castle, Sonya Kaye and Herb
Cowman.
Tickets are on sale at Uline
and the Fairway, 1928 G
street NV.
Evening star., 1954-01-03
Cornell Whips Navy;
CIune High Scorer
BY The Assoeioted Press

ITHACA. N. Y. Jan. 2.-Cor-
nell defeated Navy's basketball
team tonight, 1851, for its sixth
victory against one defeat this
season. 1t was Navy's second
loss in eight starts.
A minute and a half before
the final whistle, Cornell's Jack
Sheehy and Navy's Tom Wells
were banished for fighting. Their
teammates rushed from the
benches, but no blows were
struck.
John Clune of Navy, the
games top scorer with % points,
was missing his shots at the
start of the game but found the
range in the second period.
Lee Morton led the Big Red
with 81.
Cornell went ahead in the
first quarter, 1914. and led at
the half. $3.50. The Middies
bounced back in the third to
tie the count at Al and at 46,
but Cornell had 5-point spread,
53-48, at the three-quarter mark.
Navy tied again, at So, with
five minutes gone in the final
quarter. Then Cornell went
ahead to stay.
The Big Red made 81 of 70
shots from the floor. Navy
Evening star., 1954-01-03
Sub-Vursity Teoms Plan
Busy Winter at London

Sub-varsity basketball and Soc
Ger teams at Landon School will
play at least SO games during
the first two months Of the new
year.
The latest schedules released
list IS games in basketball. dis
tributed among the junior var
sity. eighth grade. seventh grade.
sixth grade and third grade
teams. while six soccer teams
Junior varsity, middle school.
sixth grade. nth grade. fourth
grade and third grade-have
planned - contests 20 far.
Evening star., 1954-01-03
.zammichieIe Leads
Scoring in CY0 Loop

Lou Zammichiele led all
scorers with 80 points as the
CYO junior boys basketball
league opened on four fronts
yesterday.
zammichiele led st. Anthony's
to a 1925 victory over Campus
in a Section II game at st.
Johns High. In other Section
II games. st. Augustine's de-
feated st Matthew's, 44-25;
Holy Redeemer of Berwyn won
over Immaculate Conception,
47-24, and st. Joseph's Home
routed st. Francis de. Sales,
SOLE. Other results:
SECTION (Rosensteel Knights OF
Columbus Gym. fForest GlenI-St. Mi
chael's. -; st. Bernadettes. %. Nativ-
,;s i.y; 4S; St cstherine t Lasou1e %. st.
St. Jerome's. 81: st. James. s IS. 10
SECTION III tGonzaga High Gym)-
Comforter, 90: Mount Calvary. i6, St.
garet's. 25: st. Ambrose. %.
cred Heart. 81: ST. St. AIMS, nr = Il, Blessed
Sacrament. 65; Holy Trinity. 21. st.
Thomas. 81; Little Flower. "a.
Evening star., 1954-01-03
Holy Cross Tops Alabama
With lasf-Second Goal
By tho A.sceio,ed Press

MONTGOMERY. Ala. Jan. 2.
Ronald Perry sank a field goal
with two seconds left to play to
give the Holy Cross Crusaders
a 70-68 victory over Alabama's
basketball team tonight.
Alabama kept a crowd esti-
mated at 4,500 in a frenzy
throughout the contest and led
the Crusaders until the final min
ute when Togo Palazzi scored a
field goal.
jerry Harper spanked the Ala
bama attack. scoring "a points
and handling most of the re-
bound chores.
Perry captured scoring honors
for Holy Cross with % points
followed by Palazzi's Is.
Evening star., 1954-01-03
Rocca 10 Meet Gattoni
On Turner's Mat Thursday

Antonino Rocca, one Of the
Nations most popular wrestlers.
returns to Turner's Arena Thurs
day night to battle Baron Cat
toni, who weighs 325 pounds and
comes from Italy.
This will be Rocca's first ap-
pearance here since early last
summer.
Promoter Vince Mcmahon also
has billed a special girls, match
between "Slave Girl Moolah''
and Darling Dagmar." Other
matches will be announced.
Evening star., 1954-01-03
Piriie
Continued from Page BID


1852 Olympic games. Many of
them think Pirie will overtake
Zatopek this year, or, at the
latest, in 1855.
Pirie finished fourth in the
Olympic 5000 and seventh in the
10000, and last summer showed
great improvement in his run
ming. If he does accept a chance
to come to the United States,
he will not leave until after the
European meets at Berne late
in August when he will run
against Zatopek.
Beat Santee Last Summer
Pirie rarely runs a distance as
short as mile in competition,
but he was put in a race with
WeS Santee, the American record
holder, in a meet at London last
August 8, and beat Santee with
4:06.8 performance. That was
the eighth best mile run any,
where in the world last year.
He holds practically every
British distnce running record,
and last July set a world emile
record of 28:19.4 that later was
broken by zatopek. He also
holds the world 4-mile record OF
18:34.6, set last October.
Other races he ran last year
included: 5000 meters in 8:l1,
third best in the world for
1858: 2 miles in 8:47.8, best any,
where in 1858; 3 miles in 1884,
also a best for 1853 mark; 5000
meters in 14:02.6. the fourth
best last year; and 10000 meters
in 29:17.2, another 1853 record.
Pirie Beats Londoner
For Cross-Country Title
WIMBLEDON, England, Jan.
% R.-Gordon Pirie, leading
British distance runner. won the
Surrey cross-country champion
ship today.
The 22-year-old ace got some
stiff competition. however, from
Peter Driver. 21-year-old Lon
doner.
Pirie covered the 71a-mile fog
bound course in 80 minutes, 81
seconds. Driver was 8 seconds
and 80 yards behind at the I'M
iSh.
Evening star., 1954-01-03
Opposes Ferguson,
Who Beat Hoya Ace
In NCAA 2-MiIe

When Charley Capozzoli
awaited the gun for the 2-mile
race in the NCAA champion
ships at Lincoln, Nebr.. last June,
It was a foregone conclusion In
the minds of many that he'd win.
Capozzon was extra eager for
victory in this, his farewell ap-
pearance in brilliant career
at Georgetown University.
One of the few who doubted
the little Georgetown runners
ability to outStrip the field was
Rich Ferguson of Iowa Univer-
/ sity, who proved his point in
the most conclusive manner pos
Sible. Ferguson won the race.
The winning spirit is strong
in Capo2zoli, as proved in many
a tough test. but of rancor there
is none. which. too, has been
demonstrated. Cappy. who fin
ished third in recent balloting
! for the Sullivan Award, was
nominated as much for his
craftsmanship as his running
ability. He was singled out by
Brutus Hamilton. coach of the
1852 United States Olympic
team, for his personal attributes.
But it was quite obvious that
defeat in his last college race
left an imprint on Capozzoli.
This may account for the deter
! mined demeanor of the wiry
young man as he goes about
conditioning for The Star Games
January % at the Armory.
Ferguson Opponent Again.
In the 2-mile race of The Star
Games Capozzoli will be the de-
Tending champion, and among
the several crack runners he will
be called upon to oppose is that
same Rich Ferguson.
Revenge is not the word for
It," Frank Sevigne, Georgetown
track coach. said yesterday, mot
If you know Cappy. But I can
tell you he's mighty set on win
ming again in The Star meet. If
Cappy isn't the 2-mile winner
you can be darned sure the fell
low who beats him won't have
much left at the finish"
However. it doesn't size up as a
two-man race. Far from 1t. Back
for another crack at the Acacia
2-Mile Trophy is Horace Ashen-
feter. who won it in 1851 and |
1852, but did not enter last year
because Of a conflict with the |
Metropolitan AAU champion
ships in New York. Ashenfelter |
Is the Olympic 3,000-Meter |
steeplechase champion.
j. j. Kelley of Boston Univer-
sity is another to be reckoned |
with, All in all, it's q stellar
field with the victor likely to
set a meet record with possibly
q 9-minute performance. The
meet mark is sos set by ,Ashen-
felter in 1852.
Two Others in Mile.
Two other noted 2-milers have
elected to run the mile In The
Star Games. with Fred Wit and
Bill Ashenfelter, Horace'S
brother. trying for the Junior
Chamber of Commerce Mile |
Trophy. The Ashenfelters and
Wilt are all G-men.
Bill Ashenfelter, who, like his
brother. is graduate of Penn
State, has run the mile in 4:07. |
Wilt, from Indianapolis, has won |
innumerable important distance
races.
An international flavor Is
promised in the Junior Chamber |
of Commerce Mile. Possible en-
trants are Sturm Landquist of |
Sweden, a student at Oklahoma |
A8M, and Joseph Barthel of |
Luxembourg. winner of the |
Olympic $500 meters at Hell
sinki, now seeking q doctors de-
gree at Harvard.
Tickets to the games may be |
obtained at Fairway Sports, !
1928 G street NV, and at the
business counter and Room 724.
Star Building. Prices range
from 81 to 81.
Evening star., 1954-01-03
Cola Leads La Sale to Victory,
Deocons Defeat St. Joseph's

second-quarter rally that re-
duced the margin to 1880 at
the half but the sharper North
Carolinans regained their COM
posure and never allowed the
Hawks to seriously threaten
again.
Wake Forests victory almost
was a costly one as its star CEN
ter, Dick Hemric, injured his
right foot. The 6-foot-6 inch
pivot man returned after treat
ment to pace the Deacons in the
final period.
Evening star., 1954-01-03

time I felt the subject of conver-
sation should be changed before
the work around this place would
suffer, so I told them how one Of
our customers felt about New
Years. He said, "Going from one
year to the next is just like chang
ing trains for the same destination"
Do you know our used car lot must
have been the same destination
for quite a few people around our
town with the number of sales
coming across my desk. If you are
interested in a good used car, it
will pay you to stop around and see
some Of our "Peake e-conditioned"
models. A reliable used car assures
convenient economical tranSporta-
ton. Make this q year you go
where you want-when you want.
PEAKE MOTOR co.
De Soto.P Plymouth Dealer
Wisconsin Ave. ct AlbemarlO
Evening star., 1954-01-03

celebrating tn 9
New Year when
one of tn e m
piped d u p and
said, you know,
New Years Day
is not always on
January first.
and If you want
to start celebrat-
ing again, I can
put you on the
right track for
another jambo-
,.nn - u ~ = Ioio
Evening star., 1954-01-03
"PEAKES PITCH"

Some of the fellows were talking
about the good times they had
Evening star., 1954-01-03

FBI ON THE RUN-These three G-Men will be prominent
figures in The Star Games January Armory
with sparkling record q distance Fred Wilt
left will compete in the mile while Horace Ashenfelter right
Olympic 30OOmeter seepechase champion is entered in
the twOme Bill Ashenfelter bottom Horace
will against Wilt in the mile. will take
part in both events -AP Photos.
Evening star., 1954-01-03

Totals % 15 II Totals 21 IL SO
Evening star., 1954-01-03

These prices with old
tire II mounting is re-
uuired. No old tire II
mounting is not required.
These Prices Include Tax
Evening star., 1954-01-03

The Hawks put on, a spirit,
Montana farmer-stockman., 1954-06-01
Sorghums, Millets
May Be Help

SORGHUNIS AND milIets can helm
ease Wyoming dryland farmers di-
verified wheat acreage and emergency
catch-crop problem, reports Clarence
Rincker, agronomist at the University
of Wyoming Agricultural Experiment
Station.
Trials of 20 varieties in 1852 and 1858
showed some good for forage crops
and others better as grain producers.
Research workers made the tests at
substations near Archer, Gillette, and
Sheridan.
Two-year tests at the three locations
showed 10 varieties Of sorghum rank
high as forage producers, with Yields
varying from 5.19 to 6.81 tons an acre.
They were: Early Orange Cane, Nor
kan, Rancher, Axtell Sorgo, Leoti Black
Amber Cane, Ellis Sorgo, Atlas Sorgo,
Hegari, and Gurno.
The sorghums and millets giving the
highest grain yields-from $40 pounds
to 2,265 pounds an acre-during the 2
year trials were: Fremont, Yellow
Prose- Millet, Norghum, Early Fortune
Millet, and Reliance.
Local county extension agents can
furnish more information. A complete
report of the trials is contained in
Sorghum and Millet Adaptation Trials
IN Wyoming" Wyoming Agricultural
Experiment Station MimeO Circular 4s,
by Rincker.> The circular can be OBJ
tanned from county agricultural extern
sion agents.