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Evening star., 1954-10-31

FIFTH RACE-Purse, 81 500; allow
ances: 3-yesr -olds: furlongs.
a Black iIings (O'NeiD $40 $50 $50
a Endcn tJess0pl 4.SO $50
Saint Sarazen tWilliams) $50
Pondertng, Secret Request, Alsab Ace,
Golden Admiral. Time, l:2S4s.
Vanberg entry.
Evening star., 1954-10-31

FIRST RAcE-Purse, 50 500; claiming;
2-year -olds: furlongs.
I'm Expectin fWirms) 1900 $50 40
Don't Fail Me (Craigl 3.4O 2.6O
Sir Taw tKeeuet 20
Co-Bid Imperial Jay, Play Ron,
0uituwury. La Campiona. A Toute Force
Eli ]. Time. 1905.
Evening star., 1954-10-31

Two-dolar mutuels paid = SELINSGROVE, S23.20. $500
S42 TIBERIAN. So. so, $3.50. DECIMAL $3.50
Handle, Sl35,5S4.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-21
. By the Asseeioisd Press

DAYTON BEACH, Fla, Feb.
20.-The first death in the Ma
tional Association of Stock Car
racing since they started here in
1886 came in today's 125-mile
event. won by Everett ;Cotton)
Owens Of Spartanburg. s c.. in
record time despite a bulky field
and multiple crashes.
Dick Kaufman, 23-year -old
Korean veteran discharged from
the Army only two weeks ago,
was killed on the north turn in
the FIRST lap Of the race.
A mechanic at Harrisburg, Pa,
Kaufman had raced before he
went intQ the Army.
His car skidded in the rough
sand going into the turn. 1t
rolled several times and tipped
end over end. One official said
other cars hit Kaufman's. but
other officials said they couldn't
confirm this.
A hospital, where Kaufman
was rushed. said he had died of
head injuries.
Another four-car pileup on the
backstretch of the 4.l-mile
course stopped the race in the
third lap although none of the
drivers was hurt. In a third acct
dent. Ned Garrett of Newton,
N. c.. rolled his car over on the
beach stretch but his only in
juries were cuts.
Owens, winning the race for
the second straight year, drove
his Plymouth, powered by a
Chrysler engine, at an average
of 1887 miles an hour. He set
the old record of 9l.54 m.p.h.
year ago
Fred Thompson of Briming-
ham. who qualified at a. record
1870 m.p.h.. led for the first six
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-21
La Sale Accepts NCAA Bid
After Four MT Appearances

NCAA If selected by the con-
ference.
Athletic Director Jim Henry
accepted the bid and explained
the only reason LaSalle leaned
toward the NIT was that the
latter is played in one city and
requires less time OF from
classes.
The opening round date and
site are still unknown. When
the selections are completed, La
Sale will play an Eastern at
large" team and q New England
Conference representative will
meet another Eastern lat large"
team In q double-header. The
date will be either March 8 or Q.
probably in Philadelphia or Bos-
ton.
Winners of those games would
qualify for the regionals which
will be held in Philadelphia's
Palestra March IL and Is.
The semifinals and finals will
be held in Kansas City, Mo-,
March 1920. .
All told, "a colleges will par.
ticipate in the competition.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-21
Korean Veteran Dies in Crash
Durinq Stock Race at Doytono

laps but developed motor trouble
and finished 9th in the field
Of 104.
Owens, who started in second
place. took the lead from Thomp-
son in the seventh lap and stayed
In front the rest of the way.
He finished 80 seconds ahead
of Herb Thomas of Olivia, N. c.,
driving a modified Hudson.
The next eight. all driving
modified Fords. were in order:
Earl Moss. Creedmore. N. c.:
Jim Delaney. Lyndhurst. N. j.;
Dick Joslin, Orlando, Fla. (who
won yesterdays 100-mile race
for sportsman type cars) Tommy
Thompson, Louisville, KY; Elzey
Buck Baker, Charlotte, N. c.;
Robert Lefils, Orlando; Jack Far
ris, Richmond, Ind. and David
Ezell, Jacksonville, Fla.
Speed Week ends tomorrow
with the featured Grand Circuit
160-mile race for strictly stock
cars. Sixty late model cars will
start.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-21
Club Il Cagers Pull Out
Victory in Police LEAGUE

With % seconds left and his
team trailing by three points,
Joe Scanlon hit for two field
goals to give Club No. IL a 1913
victory over Club No. 10 in the
135-pound class of the Police
Boys Club basketball league in
games yesterday at Club No. 4.
Club No. 10 kept its top posi-
ton in the 90-pound class with
its sixth straight victory, de-
feating Club No. IL. 1917. In
the 105-pound class, Club No. II
defeated Club No. 4, 1894. led by
Jim Mandes' q points. Jack
Carr scored 20 points to lead
Club No. 10 to a 56-4l victory
over Club No. IL, also in the 105-
pound class.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-21
Navy WrestIers Break
Penn State Win Streak
BY the Associossd Press

ANNAPOLIS. Md. Feb. 90
Navy stopped the Penn State
wrestlers' win streak at "a here
today with a 1919 match that
saw the Middies upset the visi-
tors in the light divisions and
win the heavy classes as ex-
pected.
State. which had not lost
since Syracuse turned the trick
in 1850, won only three de-
cisions. Navy matched that and
also COPIED two falls.
The visitors still had chance
to tie things up going into the
heavyweight match. A fall
would have knotted the score.
Nays Pete Balit, a junior
who has lost only two dual
matches at Navy, wiped out all
States hopes. however, by pin
ming Bill Oberly in 4 minutes %
seconds.
The win gave Navy a 6-1
record for the season and leaves
State with 5-1. A capacity
crowd Of more than 1000 saw
the matches.
States Joe Krufka. a mem
Der of the 1852 Olympic team,
won a So decision over Ed Ia
brycki. Joe Gattuso of Navy
pinned Bill Shawley in 7minutes
IS seconds.
William Holtz. Navy outpointed Bob
sv. Art lesser, Navy. outpointed Hal
Dick Lemyre. Penn State. outpointed
Sid King, Navy, outpointed Jerry
Maurey, 3-2.
Doug Frey, Penn State. outpointed
Joe Gattuso, Navy. pinned Bilf Shaw
ley. reverse cradle, 7:35.
Joe Krufka. Penn State, outpointed
Ed Zabrycki, 5-3
Pete Blair. Navy pinned Bill oberly.
body press. 4:2S.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-21
Cards Heed Protests,
Drop Broadcast Plan
BY the Assoei0,sd Press

ST. LOUIS, Feb. Co. The
Cardinals today quietly cancelled
their plan to beam radio broad
casts Of their games into minor
league cities.
The radio plan. arranged for
the 1854 season, was announced
by the club last month as an exc
pertinent to determine the effect
Of major league broadcasts on
: minor league attendance-long
q controversy in baseball.
What the Cardinals hoped
would "help promote minor
league baseball" however, drew
q quick blast from George
Trautman, president Of the
minor leagues.
At the time Of the Cardinals
announcement Trautman said:
There can only be room for one
professional baseball club in a
community. # radio or television
divide and steal the Royalties and
interest, the team that represents
the community will certainly
suffer-"
In reply the Cardinals said they
thought they were serving all
baseball by making the tat.
Today, however, the Cardinals
issued q short statement which
said previously planned broad
casts of Cardinals games In
Omaha, Houston, Columbus
Ohio: Wichita. indianapolis.
Burlington, Iowa: Mount Vernon
H.; Paris, H., and Muskogee
Okla. have been cancelled.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-21
Tournament Officials
Chosen for March 10
Catholic InyitationaI

Committees have been selected
to handle the Washington Cath
Ole Invitational basketball tour
nament. to be held March 1921
at Richie Coliseum, the Rev.
James Mentally. president Of the
Catholic League. announced yes
terday.
The executive committee will
consist Of Father Mentally. the
Rev Thomas Lyons. Don Hill
lock. secretary Of the league, and
Bob Dwyer, coach at Carroll
High. Publicity will he handled
by Brother Andrew Of st. Johns
High. the Rev. John Bolivar. Tom
Crowley. coach at Georgetown
Prep, and Hillock.
Sponsors for the visiting teams
will be coaches John Gallagher,
st, Johns; Bob Cilente. Priory;
Jack Bohne, st. Anthony and
Paul Galarneau, DeMatha.
Tickets will be handled by Bill
Blake and programs by Bob Rus
sell.
Eight teams will be entered in
the tournament including the
winner and runnerup In the
Catholic League. The other six
teams will possibly be selected
from among the top Catholic
high schools in New York, Phil
adelphia, Baltimore, Norfolk.
Roanoke. Cumberland, Erie and
Harrisburg.
TIE Archbishop's Trophy will
be awarded the winner. A total
Of 20 individual awards will be
made
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-21
Mountuineers Schedule
CIV for Homecoming
SpseieI oispoieh 10 The Stor

MORGANTOWN, w. Va, Feb.
20.-West Virginia University
football game against George
Washington here next October 9
has been designated as the
schools homecoming game. &C
cording to an announcement
from Roy M. Hawley, athletic
director.
The November 20 contest with
North Carolina State will be
Mountaineer Day.
Hawley also announced the
Mountaineers have agreed to a
home-and-home series against
Syracuse. starting in 1855.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-21
High School Cagers
Offer Holiday Treat
N Three Twin Bills

Basketball fans will be given
q holiday treat today and tomor-
row with three double headers
involving some Of the leading
high school teams in the area.
st. Johns will play George
town Prep at Q pm. today in the
Arst game Of q Catholic League
twin bill at priory. Mackin meets
PriOry in the second game. At 2
pm. tomorrow at Carroll High,
DeMatha will meet Priory and
st. Anthony win play Carroll In
the nightcap.
Four Of the areas outstanding
high school teams collide tomor-
row night at Washington-Lee.
Gonzaga will take on WI in the
first game at Z o'clock and
George Washington will play st.
Johns in the second.
The Generals, despite the abb
sence Of q high scorer. have q
season record Of 1871 and cur
rently lead the Northern Virginia
League. Their only loss was to
George Washington, which they
defeated in q return game. They
have q streak Of nine straight
wins.
Gonzaga. also lacking stand
out scorer. has q season record
of 1874 and at one time stretched
q winning streak to IL games.
The Eagles only losses were to
Tech. which finished on top in
the Interhigh League. by one
| point, to Wilson by two points
in three overtime periods. to
st. Johns last Friday by four
points and to the Georgetown
freshmen last night.
st. Johns spearheaded by Bob
Rusevlyan. has q 1874 record.
Two Of its most notable victories
were over the George Washing
ton Frosh, one Of them a 1884
thriller last Tuesday.
George Washington, although
its 1l-6 record doesn't appear as
impressive as the others, has
played top-ranking teams all
season. Two Of its major vic
tories were over Tech and
Thomas Jefferson of Richmond.
In Doug Yates. the Presidents
have the leading scorer in the
Northern Virginia League with
a 20.5 average in Is games and
a total Of 308 points. Before an
ankle injury sidelined him 10
days ago he was the third lead
ing scorer in the State. Yates
worked out the last few days
and is expected to be in the
lineup tomorrow.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-21
Notre Dome
Continued from Page B-l.)

only one more point for the
Notrs Dame scoring record, were
up there when Fannon wasn't.
John Stephens, whom Carne-
vale called the best back-court
player he has seen this season,
contributed % points, while
Rosenthal was just slightly of
his seasons average with II
points.
With the exception of a late
spree by Ed Hogan, Nays John
Clune and Don LANCE didn't
have much help in the scoring
column. Lange's hook shot was
working as usual, particularly
in the second half. when Rosen-
thai had four fouls and had to
permit the Middies' biggest man
more room.
Navy had two early leads of
three points at 6-3 and 8-5 but
after Clune gave the Middies
their last advantage at lilo.
Rosenthal, Bertrand and Fam
non hit for IL straight points.
The biggest Notre Dame mar
gin was 1890 late in the third
period The Middle cheering
section came to life In the fourth
period when Navy scored eight
straight points to move into con-
tention. but the clever Notre
Dame team put on the brakes.
Clune set one mark and the
Navy team broke four scoring
records. none of a spectacular
nature Navy's record now is
1876 and Notre Dame is 1862.
| incidentally. Navy apparently
has more respect for Notre Dame
than Maryland. When the Terps
were introduced before the game
last week, the Navy cheering
| chanted who's Hep to each
players name over the p. A. sys-
| TEN. Today the names of the
Irish were greeted with polite
q SNpAloancn
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-21
Sy NE Assee,o.es Press

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 90
La Sale today accepted q bid to
participate In the 1854 National
Collegiate Athletic Association
basketball tournament. the NTH
year In succession the little
Philadelphia college has earned
. post.season tourney appear
ance.
Coach Ken Loefaler took his
teams to the National Invitation
Tournament the last four years,
winning the event in 1852. La
Sale has q 1874 record so far
this season and features one Of
the Nations finest players in
tall Tom Cola. q 1853 ALL
America.
La Sale, 18th ranking team
in the Nation in last week S
Association Press poll, will re-
present the 38-college Middle
Atlantic Conference in its first
venture into NCAA tourney
competition. The Explorers
would have preferred to play in
the NIT. but under q conference
ruling are bound to play in the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-21
NYU Turns Back
Army Rally, 71-67
BY the A.sosiatsd Pres,

WEST POINT, N. Y, Feb. 20.
New York University squared
its seasons basketball record at
S-8 today by defeating Army IL
81.
At no point was the game con-
sidered locked up and only a last
ditch stand on the part of NYU
STAYED Of the Cadets. who drew
within q basket with 10 seconds
left.
Capt. Bill Harmon, Army's
high scoring pivot from Pinhook,
Ind, established a West Point
scoring mark for one season.
His % sent his total to Ala. This
is 8 better than the previous
Academy high set by Harmon
last winter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-21
HomiIton Signs Ryon,
EuqIes' No. z Droft Pick

HAMILTON, Ont, Feb. 90
The Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the
Canadian Big Four Football
League announced the signing
today of John Rocky) Ryan.
former University of Illinois star
and No. 2 draft choice of the
Philadelphia Eagles.
The club said the player was
signed personally by Coach Carl
Voyles.
Voyles said Ryan would be
used as an offensive end and
defensive halfback.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-05

Now come the migrating birds, the
catbird, little Jenny Wren, followed by
the wood thrush late in April: these
and many others come where the robin
pioneered the way.
Along will be the remainder Of the
mockingbirds, joining their true mates
that lived here all winter. They will
greet faithful chickadees, nuthatches
and titmice so fond of sunf1ower seed.
Thus Washington trees. hedges and
gardens come alive with one of Amer
ica's greatest assets, the wild birds.
Tame birds in the house-the old
canaries, the new parakeets-these are
wonderful enough. in their way. but
they cannot vie with the wild birds OF
forest and hillside.
So many Of the outdoors birds once
lived in forests, it is amazing to think
how readily they have taken to cities.
towns, villages, suburban communities.
=
It is good to think that these flyers
bring America to us. wherever we are.
Not that we. too. are not America
but there is so much more Of America
out there!
Out there where the migratory birds
come from
From Florida, Georgia, Mississippi,
from points to the South, Central and
South America. all the America of the
Americas.
The wood thrush due here late in
April. usually April 23, In our records,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-05

of them. Actually, no one bird makes
music necessarily, as some human be-
ings are inclined to do with radio and
television sets.
Today's unceasing music is actually
great slap in the face Of an honest art.
Music cannot stand to be at it all day
long, all night long. The best in music
is be neither made nor heard that way.
because music is emotion, and emotion
on the stretch is less than good.
Let us listen to the birds.
They know how to sing. Their art is
solid, based on nature.
Pick out your favorite singer, maybe
the mockingbird, there is none better,
and listen to how he does it.
Then, and only then, try to translate
the mocker's actions, as regards music,
into your own life, and you will find, If
you have observed carefully, that he
does not, positively does not, have his
set turned on all the time.
4
True, true. he may sing and sing and
fairly burst his pretty throat with
melody, but there comes time when
he pipes down, tunes down. slows down.
he does not turn his power knob higher
and higher, except sometimes in the
light of the moon, and then some irate
humans, not understanding the powers
of music, fail to appreciate his noctur-
nal efforts, but then they will do better
next time. appreciate him more with
the passage of time. for that is what
musical appreciation means.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-05

brings q breath Of the deep South on
his brown wings.
He is the brown thrush" of song,
though probably the writer had the
English song thrush in mind when he
wrote.
Sing song of sixpence, and forget
for the moment that ride on transit
costs 20 cents. Glow do you think all
those drivers can have television sets
and motor cars unless you pay them
enoughD
The wood thrush has no radio or tele-
vision, yet he makes the finest music,
as loud and clear as a calliope, as sweet
as a violin played by master hand.
Wait for the thrush, and listen to his
song. four-part melody with the
quality Of placing itself now here, now
there. Other birds can do the same
thing, it is not the thrush's exclusive
patent.
No. the charm of wood thrush music
is precisely the outdoor sound about it,
the harsh sounds between the bell
notes and then the beauty.
He is late singer, preferring just
before dusk as the proper time. Too bad
that amateur music lovers sometimes
do not understand that music all the
time is bad, or at least not so~good.
The birds know.
They were the first music makers.
They seem to sing all the time, but
that IL just because there are 50 many
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-05
His Vigilance Paid OFF

The Government will lose an excellent pub
lie servant, the Treasury a relentless watch
dog" and the taxpayers a true friend when
Lindsay Warren retires as Controller General
at the end of this month. It is impossible to
calculate accurately the many millions of dol
lars which his, vigilance over Federal expendi-
lures has saved the Nation during his 1917
years as head of the General Accounting Office
His is unique assignment. The Controller
General is the agent of Congress, not of the
executive braneh of the Government. AS Mr..
Warren told the legislators in letters to each of
them, "The General Accounting Office is your
agency. To be worth it's salt, it must continue
to be, independent, non-partisan and nom
political" The former North Carolina Con-
gresham has operated the Office that way
just As his predecessor, ]. R. McCarl had done
In the exercise of that independence and nom
partisanship the Controller General has stepped
on many toes, with a fine disregard of owner
ship and of political repercussions. But with
1t all he has been fair in assessing blame, as
he saw it. for wasteful practices, mistakes and
shortcomings in the departments and agencies
The public generally has cause to share the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-05

What do retired generals talk about
of an evening?
well, like men everywhere, they
cluster by themselves and talk shop"
Mrs. Simpson said. "They talk about
the day they made captain. For some
reason, they remember that Jump best.
And then they all claim they can
still get into the same uniforms they
wore as cadets. None of them can, of
course"
Did Gen. Simpson wind up his long
Army career with any regrets? He
thought moment and said:
well. frankly. always felt I should
have gotten fourth star. My army
was as good as, if not better than,
Hodges and George Patton's. Another
thing, I've always regretted not being
allowed to go on to Berlin. I could
have"
Without firing a shot, Mrs. Simp-
son said.
"You know, that fourth star wouldn't
have cost anybody cent" the general
said. Three stars or four, the pension
is the same. It would've been like
putting period to my career. don't
wear uniform very often, but when
do it would be nice to wear that
fourth STAR"
ASSOCIATED Press)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-05

Pershing led his cavalry out through
the arched stone gate Of the quadrangle
to chase Pancho Villa. Among his
Junior officers on that expedition were
Hodges and Simpson.
In World War I, Hodges and Simpson
fought In the same general area of
France. In World War II their armies
fought side by side. Today, they live
but few miles apart.
Gen. Hodges, with 43 years service
and four stars. is 81, trim, gray and
generally relaxed.
Going from active command to
retirement is quite a JOLT" he said.
you're Debated all right. But it helps
If you remember an old Chinese saying,
which goes something like this:
"'When you retire, you must interest
yourself in the small things close
around you and. remember that the
thing from which you retired is past"
But Gen. Hodges is not inclined to
worry or brood. Over cocktail. he
gives a rollicking imitation of Field
Marshal Montgomery. whom he ad-
mires. In discussing old friends and
present neighbors. he will gently. but
clearly, drop the fact that he was
across the Rhine several weeks before
Old Simp (SimpSon)."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-05
Gorilla SLOUGH

It is undeniably presumptuous for lay
man to challenge anything that DR.. Alvan L.
Barach. clinical professor of medicine at Co.
lumbia University's College of Physicians and
Surgeons, might say in Stoneburner Lecture
at the Medical College of Virginia. But DR..
Barach, If the Richmond Times-Dispatch is
accurate in its report, has gone much too far.
DR.. Barach is opposed to the old Army
head-up- chest-out concept. Man would be bet
ter off, he says, if he walked around in
SLOUGH like gorilla" Maybe so. But certainly
the good doctor affrontS credulity when he
adds that "the same thing goes for movie
actresses" How can any one be expected to
believe that Terry Moore in her ermine trimmed
bathing suit or Marilyn Monroe in whatever
she might be wearing at given moment would
be better of slouching around like gorilla?