Evening star., 1954-01-11


"You can't take it?" Eddie snorted. II can't get it."
SOME OF THE HONORED players drifted up for glimpse
of how the other half spends its morning hours and Too
Shor taking cognzance of the shy uncomfortable group
standing together against far WALL looked at his friend
Don Ameche, and said:
your did all right last Your your
cousin :. whatever he is"
Ameche the radio, Tv and movie personality, smiled.
"I know if we're related" Don said. Il talked
to the boy and don't think he knows either But he was
a good one, wasn't hep"
They speaking, of course of Alan Ameche of Wis
consin who was honored along with Faoney Mary
land Paul Gel of Minnesota and Johnny Lattner of Notre
Dame as the Touchdown Clubs backhed- -of-the-year
,-
CLARK GRIFFITH, whose speech in accepting new
trophy honorng the baseball was slightly
wonderful remarked that two members of that backed
Faloney and Giel, "belong in baseball"
T understand they good" Gr said I'D like to have
look at them" Faloney shortstop, Gel pitcher.
Upstairs later Joe Blair asked about Faoney
ball player 81 think he's real good Maryland sports pub
cs said e hits anywhere from $50 to 45O every spring
and he makes all the plays that coegians
make"
After Faloney Stan Jones and the favored stars
up, Bernie asked if the Washington baseball club
had felt him out on baseball career.
mo-" Bernie said. THAT is nobody has talked to me-
There may have been scout watching us play, out
haven't talked to anybody.
Il haven't talked to anybody representing any other club
he added, "but I'd like to give baseball a try.
It might for the Senators to give the
matter attention couple Of pretty good ball players
Berger and Charley Keller of the College Park
campus.
NO TOUCHDOWN CLUB banquet is complete without
Harry Wismer Wismer himself complete until he has
uttered what for lack of better term could be called
WismeriSm. Old Faithful, Harry delivered While
acknowledging Paul Brown of the Cleveland Browns the
top professional COACH he sad Brown has been in every
championship in which he's participated dumbfoundng
1000 guests who might never have suspected. d
feature the evening involved football movies some OF
which went back few Wismer did the narration and
all kidding aside he did it in the WiSmer manner.
sequence, in particular stirred nostalgia memories
here Red Grange running like crazy to touchdown
the goal line Grange carefully kneeled and
touched the ball to the ground
minor observation, to be but to younger members
audience including Gie Lattner Ameche and Faloney
the head table it have looked strange In subsequent
films in which they featured they nonchaany Tipped
football aside in the end tossed 1t toward the
nearest Official scoring Sometimes spectator
would leap end-zone plank and seize the ball as
souvenir.
isn't much you read into this is admitted
except that before and in Oranges day. custom called for the
touchdown to place the ball the turf and yield
only constituted authority such the referee foot
ball and the of attriton these days is
pretty high what with pro and college spectators hauling
dozen away each game. But when Grange played
dollar lot like 100 cents than 1t is 1t
time to fritter away footballs.