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Evening star., 1954-12-06
Jerry Bareer Voted
ACC Player Of the Year
BY the Associated Press

GREENSBORO, N. c., Dec. 6
Jerry Barger, Dukes versatile
captain and quarterback, is the
choice of the Atlantic Coast
Sports Writers Association as
Atlantic Coast Conference foot
ball player of the year.
The Salisbury IN. c. senior,
whose inspirational play led
Duke to a berth in the Orange
Bowl game against Nebraska,
gained ITO points in the voting
of 43 association members. Vot-
ing was on a 5-3-1 point basis.
Barger was an easy winner as
II players were nominated. Tied
for second with So points each
were Mackie Prickett, South
Carolira's sophomore quarter
back, and Dick Bielski, Mary
lands senior flllback. Bob Bar
tholomew, Wake Forests junior
tackle, was fourth with SIS points
Other leaders: Frank Mincevich
South Carolina guard, "a points,
and Ronnie Waller, Maryland
halfback. 81 points.
Barger and his coach, Bill
Murray. the choice of the as
sociation as ACC coach of the
year, will be honored January %
at the second annual football
jamboree of the Greenville, s.
c., Touchdown Club. ...I
Evening star., 1954-12-06
COlOrful NeighbOrhOOd.

That was quite a neighbor-
hood. Walter Trumbull, one of
journallsm's great editors and
sweetest fellows, who through
the years managed desks all over
town, lived in the same building
with us with his wife Marjorie.
Other tenants included Deems
Evening star., 1954-12-06
The Tumut ond the Shouting - a sa ~ : - =
Rice Hits Big Time and Meets Characters Galore

So who ale my four masters?
In no special order they are: Cy
Young, 511 victories; Walter
Johnson, 416 victories: Grover
Alexander, 373 victories; Christy
Mathewson, 373 victories.
The four who are fnereIy great:
Rube Waddell. Bob Grove, Carl
Hubbell and Herb Pennock.
Oddly enough. the top four are
righthanders and the second
four are southpaws.
They were all friends of mine,
but ! knew MathewSp1a, Of the
New York Giants, better than any
of the others. I first, met Matty
in the 1905 World Series, when
we were both Is. Bat / didn't
really get to know him veil until
1911 when I came to the New
York Evening Mail.
A graduate of Bucknell Uni
versity, Matty was just a little
bit better at all games than any
one else. He played chess ana
checkers and poker better, for
example, and usually drew in
most of the pots. He was smart
looking and well dressed.
played lot of golf with him
from New York to st. Louis.
We had a funny argument in
Pittsburgh on one trip during the
1911 season. had Mike Donlin
for a partner against Matty and
Fred Merkle, the old Giant first
.baSeman. I had about a 3-footer
on the first green when Matty
spoke to Merkle just as stroked
and missed my putt. Naturally.
I Squawked.
Whats the matter?" Matty
asked. we play baseball with
thousands yelling and cheering.
Yet somebody talks and you
can't putt
They are entirely different
games" 1 said.
That's lot of bunk" Merkle
said. I said nothing.
Matty Finds Out.
This particular match was at
the hilly Schenley course in
Pittsburgh. On the second tee
Matty was at the top of his
swing when 1 spoke to Donlin.
Matty lunged and topped his ball
into the ravine. He glared at me.
Merkle was also at the top Of
his swing when I spoke again.
Merkle S ball followed Matty's
into the ravlne.
Whats this Matty asked. "a
golf match or talking dusl?"
Il thought you said it didn't
matter" l replied. Both quickly
agreed to keep quiet if I would,
They fond golf needs silence
just as baseball needs noise.
copyright, 1854, A. S. Barnes & co. fncl
distributed by the Bell Syndicate, incl
In his merit article Rice tells
more of Christy Muthezrson
and other great hur1ers.
Evening star., 1954-12-06
|Di|worfh Given Task
0fSiopping Ace
For 1erps tomorrow

Bob Dilworth, who was Coach
Bud Millikan's fair-haired hoy
in Maryland's basketball triumph
over Georgetown Saturday night
will be assigned to guard Ron
ME Mayer when Duke invades
College Park tomorrow night.
Dilworti1 contributed only four
points Saturday, but his defen-
sive play was outstanding. He
held Warren Buehler, who set a
scoring record at Georgetown
last year, to five points.
Buehler did not have a clear
shot all night and was harried
by Dilworth to the extent that he
constantly was short. Dflworth
also topped both teams in re-
bounds with Is, or more than
twice as many as any George
town player, and five more than
Bob Kessler, second high in re-
bounds for the Terps.
Millikan announced he was
going to put Dilworth on Mayer,
who scored $40 points for Duke
last year, highest of the return
ing lettermen.
Ralph Greco, a Maryland
regular last year and now Mil
lkan's assistant, secuted Duke
in its 1864 triumph over Glenn
son last week. Greco said the
Blue Devils are better than any
Duke team he played against
and better than North Carolina
States Atlantic Coast Confer
ence champions of last year.
Joe Belmont, who was right
back of Mayer last year with 335
points, was top scorer for Duke
against Clemson with 81.
Duke has been picked by
Coach Frank Mcclure of North
Carolina to take the conference
crown from N. C. State.
Last year the Blue Devils won
% and lost 6, including victory
in the Dixie Classic title. Al
though Rudy D'Emilio and Ber-
ME Janicki have graduated, Duke
had ample reserves last year who
have returned, plus number of
good sophomore.
Millikan was well pleased with
all phases of the Georgetown
triumph, but warned his team it
will have to do much better to
beat Duke.
Evening star., 1954-12-06
Irish Lose Eight Starters
By The Associo,ed Pres,

SOUTH BEND. Ind, Dec. g.
Coach Terry Brennan is proud
Of his Notre Dame football team
and Every happy" over the out
come of the 1854 season.
But the 26-year-old successor
to Frank Leahy is already wor-
ried about the 1865 opener
against Southern Methodist, the
same team the Irish whipped
Saturday, 26-14.
Southern Methodist had lot
of fine-looking Juniors out
there" Brennan said after his
team was greeted by about 1000
fans last night at the airport.
We'll lose eight of our start
ing II men," he continued, "and
we'll have to field practically a
new line. So it's simple arithnle-
tic that Southern Methodist
will have the edge.
"But I'm happy. very happy -
Brennan said, looking back at
Notre Danes 9-1 record. The
only loss was a 27-14 setback by
Purdue.
Things looked dark after that
Purdue game, but the boys dug
in and got better to win eight
straight. BY last Saturday the
team had improved 100 per cent
since the Purdue loss," he said.
Brennan refused to comment
on what he thought Notre Dame
and Purdue would do If they
had played the game at the end
Of the season. Lets say the day
we played them they were the
better team" he said.
The Purdue loss was especially
tough since Notre Dame fans
s. - a+f3z
Evening star., 1954-12-06
By Dick Sloy

The st. Johns coacai.2g stat
is looking toward Friday night''
meeting with Miami Senior Higl
in the Orange Bowl with abou
the same attitude it held before
facing the Public School ALI
Stars two days ago-namely thai
the Cadets may be giving away
an edge in offensive punch but
their defense should be the
equalizer.
There was no weeping among
the st. Johns supporters who
crowded around Coach Joe Gal
lagher after his 1877 defeat Sat
urday in Griffith Stadium. eve
have nothing to be ashamed of, ;
said one. 1--WE lost, but it took
the whole city to do it," said
another.
The All-Stars won because
they bottled up the Cadets in
the entire second half. After
watching films of two Miami
High games yesterday, Gallag-
her and his assistants don't be-
lieve this can happen two games
in a row.
Assuming that the two games
are representative of the Florida
teams season, Gallagher said
his bunch should perform "pret-
ty we'll against them"
We'll hold our own" Line
Coach Lew Weidensaul echoed.
The staff clearly was heartened
by discovering several weak
nesses in the Miami club.
The films were of an early
season 21-14 loss to Chattanooga
(Tenn) Central High, which
beat Miami on a touchdown in
the last half minute, and Of
an easy 20-7 victory over Jack
son High of Jacksonville.
The Stingarees, who were
voted the State championship
after a 6-2-1 season, lost their
other game to Baylor Prep, 1910,
in freezing weather at Chat
tanooga. The tie came with
Coral Gables, 14-14.
The sports writer's and coaches
in Florida gave The title to Miami
on the strength of it's 60 victory
on Thanksgiving Day over Miami
Edison. previously unbeaten. The
touchdown came on an end
around-pass play in which a
second-string end named Tom
Still pegged a 38-yarder to the
right end named Infante.
After watching the films yes
terday it was surprising to learn
that Edison had been averaging
400 yards gained per game before
being shut out by Miami. There
must have been an improve
ment in Miami's defense after
its games with CHATTANOOGA
Central and Jackson.
Charley Tate, the Miami coach
was here for the game Saturday
Evening star., 1954-12-06

Taylor, Milton Sills (the movie
actor and young Charley Hughes
(son of the Chief Justice). Then
there was Max Foster, Irwin Cobb
and his wife and their little
daughter Buff" I now see
where Twins granddaughter,
Buff Cobb II. is a television star.
Dick Tully of Bird of Para
disc" fame and his novelist wife,
Eleanor GateS-she wrote poor
Little Rich Girl"-were neigh
bors, as was Herb Swope. Harry
Hershf1eld lived at One-hundred
and nineteenth street, and not
far away lived illustrator Arthur
William Brown and his wife
Grace. Haywood Broun had just
bought big old house in the 80s.
I recall it didn't have any furni-
ture, but a little thing like that
never bothered Haywood. Yes,
and near us a brilliant, moody
fellow named Damon Runyon
was standing New York on its
ear with his writing. Damon
used to wander by" our place
around midnight to drink coffee
and talk by the hour.
Heavy Batting Order.
The Evening Mail batting or
der comprised some heavy hit
ters-fellows like Broun, Jimmy
Sinnott, o. O. Mcintyre and F..
P. A. Homer Davenport lam
pooned on the editorial page
while Goldberg handled cartoons
for the sports side.
Mcintyre started out on the
copy desk. A long, gangly fell
low. he saw enough in editing
other writer's copy to convince
himself he could do as well-or
better. Francis Albertanti, al
ways the promoter, took McIn-
tyre to the Majestic Hotel and
locked him in a room, where he
began to write-and how he
wrote. Albertanti used to enjoy
taking Odd down to Chinatown
to watch the evangelistic man
try to reform 'pipe'-smoking
Chinks and buns"
Those were fantastic days in
New York-when a young fellow
named Irving Berlin worked
Evening star., 1954-12-06
No Crying Over Loss to AII-Sturs
st. Johns Expecting Defense
ToOffset Fast Miami Attack
-AP Wirephoto.

ana, before leaving for home,
stated that his best player was
his left-halfback, Larry Fonts.
1--WE think he's one of the
finest backs we've ever had
down there" Tate said. "And
we've had some good ones. You
remember Arnold Tucker, who
was the quarterback in that
Army backfield with Davis and
Blanchard, and Pistol Pete Will
liams Of Navy. They both came
from Miami Senior
The st. Johns staff liked
Fonts but couldn't see much
superiority over swift right
halfback named Hill. Also, the
quarterback, a little "cutie"
named Ernie CaUes, revealed good
taking and passing in the films
Uses Unbalanced Line.
II there was a definite offen-
sive pattern shown in the movies
it was that the fullback rarely
carried the ball and that the
quarterback either handed of.
pitched out or passed He never
"kept."
Miami works from an unbal-
anced line, heavy side right, and
will switch from the tight T.
formation into the single wing
Word from Miami says that the
Stingarees also mix in the Notre
Dame box but the films did not
show this.
Defensively, Miami seems to
favor the 5-4 and AS defenses
with the inside linebackers
slanting often. The outside left
linebacker appeared the best of
the lot. The linemen look small
and 6 I'D average only ITS
pounds. as was reported by
Coach Tate. They have good
speed, but so has st. Johns,
whose forward wall tips in at
about 100,
Evening star., 1954-12-06

1 tables at "Nigger Mixes" in the
Village. Whenever Mike would
have a bad day at Grayesend
race track, he'd come back and
fire Berlin and Jimmy Kelly
now dead-of the famed Jimmy
Kelly's on Sullivan street would
bring Irving back to Mike and
get him rehired.
New York around 1912 was a
maelstrom compared to the
more sedate way of Nashville.
At times I was homesick for the
town and those I had left-par-
ticularly my mother.
Pm, coming back
Some day, some day-,UiH / be
too late?
Haze come too far--haue
/ lost the track
That leads again to the rose
trimmed gate?
The too frequent theme of q
sad-voiced verse? Perhaps. Often
vouched to myself and to Kit
that we were going back to
Nashville. But somehow,
knew I wouldn't.
But pe haze set our soul
ahead
Upon a certain goal ahead
And nothing left from he'll to
sky shall eUer turn US
back.
Kit, Floncy and I had made
the big step, a step destined to
take me to the press boxes and
behind the-scenes rooms of the
Nation and the world.
f. = X
In over so years of wandering
about, I have run across four
master pitchers-pitchers you
might label super great"
have seen at least four other
great ones.
These four masters happen to
be "ancients";; three of the next
four are what you might call
''moderns." Believe me. how
ever. I have no special tie with
the past that makes me see
everything that's old as neces-
sarily better than what's come
since. If I didn't look ahead to
greater deeds in this speeded up
age, I believe I would have
withered away long ago.
Incidentally, my own personal
baseball hero was a fellow who
never made the grade in the big
leagues. ! played baseball with
him at Vanderbilt. His name
was Joe Sheriff., a 155-pound
gangly sort who must have
stood 6-foot-2. I was a fresh
man and substitute shortstop:
Sheriff., a senior, was our No. /
pitcher, a Highlander. For a
collegian, he had the poise, CUTS
and speed Of a champion.
When Sheriff. graduated. he
went straight to the Southern
League. In his first assignment
he struck out II men in z in
nings. Then his arm went lame.
He never pitched again. He be-.
came a doctor. Had his arm re-
manned in one piece, Sheriff.
would have become a pitching
immortal. But that's water long
since over the dam.
Evening star., 1954-12-06
BY GrontIcnd Rice

/ py 9IUUtIUHU NiSS
/ Since graduating from Wander
hilt in '01, I had hankered for
some participant sport that
might fit in with my strange
hours. Ihad covered several golf
tournaments at the Nashville
Golf Club and got the idea
golf might prove the answer.
/ The club pro. Charlie Hall, a
squat figure who could hit the
bali a mile, took me in tow and,
at hours when sensible men
were punching time clocks. I'd
be out there taking lessons from
Hall. I'd found a sport I could
stick with--a sport destined to
stick with me.
Through the intervening years
rye played many more poor
rounds of golf than good ones.
From the first, the old football
injuries to my back and ribs
didn't help my swing. Certainly
nobody ever confused it with
Harry Vardon's, Walter Hagen's,
Bob Jones' or Sam Snead's.
However, when I used to get
around more, I shot some good
rounds-twoS 68s and a 10 in
tournament play. Much more
important, however, is what golf
gave me in the informal COM
panionship with so many
champions and names" of the
sporting, business and political
world.
Time for Big Town.
When, in 1910, I received a
letter from Henry L. Stoddard
in New York, offering me $50 a
week to join his paper, the New
York Evening Mail, I hesitated.
The salary was a comedown. Kit
said, go ahead!" If ! had
what imagined it took to crash
the big town, now was the time
to show it. Leaving Kit and
Floncy behind in Nashville, I
took the train north. Arriving
in New York, I found the offices
of the Mail at Broadway and
Fulton street and, hat in hand,
found Mr.. Stoddard. He came
to the point.
"Rice," he said, "I've been
reading your stuff. I never knew
a sports writer worth $50 a week,
but IN your case I'll risk it!'
l stumbled out of Stoddard's
Office and the first person I met
was a young fellow fresh in from
San Francisco-Rube Goldberg,
the cartconist. Rube introduced
me to Frank IF. P. A. Adams,
another member of Stoddard's
new staff.
Hello, Rice" he said. Where
are you living?"
"Nowheres, yet," replied.
"Come with me-" he said. "I'll
dig you up a room in the fiat
I'm in"
Within the hour I had a roof
over my head at GIG West 116th
street. / wrote Kit that things
were fine and proceeded to feel
my way around the big city. The
following February Kit and little
Floncy arrived, bag, baggage
and Nap Lajoie's china. Follow
ing a short hunt we secured a
comfortable apartment at $50
Riverside drive, our New York
home until we moved to 1853
Fifth avenue around 1880.
Colorful Neighborh0Od.
That was quite a neighbor-
hood. Walter Trumbull, one of
journallsm's great editors and
sweetest fellows, who through
the years managed desks all over
town, lived in the same building
with us with his wife Marjorie.
Other tenants included Deems
Evening star., 1954-12-06
Germun Riding Leoder Dies

WARENDORF. Germany, Dec.
6 N.-Dr. Gustav Rau, chief of
the German Olympic riding
team, died last night of a heart
attack. He was "a. DR.. Rau re-
turned two weeks ago from a
successful tour of the United
States.
Evening star., 1954-12-06
Compton Wins Potato Bowl

BAKERSFIELD, Calf. Dec. 8
(R.--Victorious in two previous
appearances, the Boise Broncos
lost, 7-6. to the COMPTON College
Tartars in the seventh annual
Shrine Potato Bowl football
game Saturday night.
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Chi|drens Home Lodge
viii Undertake Social

Des PLANES, Ill. - Th e
First Anniversary of the
Family Circle" CFU Lodge
$50 will be observed with a
gala Card and Bunco Party
on Saturday, March 27, 1854,
at 800 PM, at the Croatian
Fraternal Union Children's
Home School Auditorium
Bro. Nick Sarich, Superin-
tendent of the Home, has
kindly given us consent to
use these premises for the
celebration and we are very
grateful to him.
Chairman Mrs. Mary Ke-
hart and her Committee men,
bers are busily making pre-
parations to make this event
highly successful. We, there
fore, appeal to our people in
Chicago and the suburban
areas to help us by purchas-
ing tickets. We guarantee
that all in attendance are sure
to have a grand time.
Tickets may be procured
from any Lodge member for
the nominal fee of one dollar.
Many door prizes are to be
awarded and refreshments
will be served throughout the
festivities.
We hope to have a good
attendance as we are a small
group and would like to get
acquainted with all of you.
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1954-02-17
Dukane Tammies
Will Visit Ohio

Cleveland, Ohio - AS we
look towards the bright horl-
zon, we can truthfully say
that coming events cast their
shadows in advance.
We're talking about the
tremendous enthusiasm stirr-
ed up by our recent announce
ment that the "zumberaks'
CFU Lodge 859 is sponsoring
the Duquesne Un iversit y
Tamburitzans at the Music
Hall on Sunday afternoon,
February 21st.
Our large sized ads in the
daily papers have created
quite a splash in ticket sales,
as everyone is eager to re-
serve a seat for the big event.
However, there is still plenty
of time to obtain yours at
Golub's, 47O3 Superior Ave,
Burrows Downtown ticket Of
flee, the Croatian Home in
Collinwood, or at the Miles
Park Floral Shoppe, out in
Newburgh.
The prices have be e n
slashed to rock bottom and
the Music Hall is so construct
ed that every seat is a good
seat, affording a satisfactory
view and sound acoustics.
The "zumberaks" are not
only sponsoring a concert, d.
such, but are offering you a
chance to do some social
buzzing at a reception, short
ly after the concert, at the
Croatian Home in CollinWood
Your concert ticket stub will
serve as your admission to
this funfest.
Attend both these affairs
and take this opportunity to
meet the Tammies individual
ly. We can guarantee that
you'll be glad you took part
in this annual treat.
George Reich, Jr., Rep
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Widely Known Coast Recruiter Dies

Pittsburgh, Pa. - w Wor d
was received at the Home Of
flee last week of the passing
February 8, 1854, of bro.
John Parac, member of San
Francisco, Calf, Lodge 61
and for years one of the So
ciety's top Field Workers.
During his meritorious fra
ternal career, bro. Parac par
ticipated in every endeavor
promoted for the good of the
Croatian Fraternal Union and
spent every free moment
seeking new members for the
Society. His passing from our
scene of activity leaves those
of us who knew him intimate
ly bereft of a true friend.
May he rest in peace.
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1954-02-17
Lodge 278 Sets
Date For Fiesta

Summit, Ill. - In commem-
Grafton of the organization of
"Slava Bogu" c. F. U. Lodge
278 some fifty years ago, a
group which later merged
with Unity Lodge 825, the
members of Unity" Lodge
have decided to stage a Gold
en- Anniversary Celebration
on June 20, 1854, at Kurka's
Grove, Archer Road and
Lawndale Avenue, Summit.
This decision was reached
in view Of the fact that the
majority Of our members are
pioneers of the aforemention-
ed older group. Each member
will be assessed the sum of
fifty cents for this special
venture, but in return he or
she will be entitled to a free
ticket to the celebration.
The Arrangements A Com
mittee has gone all out to
make this a gala event, long
to be remembered by our
members and friends. We,
therefore, extend a warm well
come to all of our friends and
C.F.U. Lodges in this entire
area to join. us.
We intend to have tambur-
itza music for your dancing
pleasure and, of course, hot
barbecued lamb and suitable
refreshments for children and
adults of all ages.
Make your plans to come
early and stay late, to meet
your old friends and make
new ones, at Kurka's Grove
on June 10th.
John Buban, Sec'y.
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Lodge 981 To
Mark Birthday

Port Arthur, Ont. - CFU
Lodge 981, the only English
Speaking Lodge in our neck
of the woods, will celebrate it's
1st Anniversary on Saturday,
February 20, at the Croatian
Hall, 227 Pearl Street.
We plan to begin the event
with a delicious supper, to be
followed by a program of en-
tertainment which is sure to
please our guests. Immediate
ly after the dishes have been
cleared away, we'll polish up
our dancing shoes and while
away a pleasant evening.
A most cordial invitation to
attend is extended our fellow
members and friends in this
and surrounding areas. Our
refreshment larder has been
well stocked, so be good to
yourself and be present at
our grand birthday party.
Rudy MarOnik, Pres,
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Johnnie Members
Will Celebrate

JohnstOwn, Pa. - A very
important monthly meeting
for members of CFU Lodge 5
is coming up on Sunday, Feb
ruary 21, at the Lodge Hall.
The gavel will be sounded
promptly at 200 PM.
Among other items, it will
be our task at that time to
select a committee which will
tackle the problems of stag
ing our proposed Goth Ami
versary Celebration som e
time this year. Please see to
it that you are in attendance
and help out on this project.
Have you paid your dues
lately? Better see your Sec
retary as soon as possible if
you haven't.
Michael Batch, Sec'y.
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Agenda Set For
391 Dance

West Allis, Wis. - We in
vite our friends and neighbors
to join us in a gala old-fash-
ioned Dance on Saturday,
February 20, 1854, at the Vic
Krall Hall, COOL w. Madison
Street, sponsored by C.F.U.
Lodge 391.
Musical accompaniment to
your shuffling whims will be
available to a late hour and
it goes without saying that
our larder will be well stock
ed with your favorite refresh
ments. Mary Homes, Sec'y.