davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1954-01-04
Gonzales to Oppose Bulge
At Uline Arena Friday

Pancho Gonzales, the former
National champion who defeated
Frank Sedgmen of Australia
when the pro tennis tour opened
yesterday at Madison Square
Garden. will take on Don Bulge,
beaten by Pancho Segura yester-
day, when the troupe comes to
Uline Arena Friday night. The
group also will play here Satur-
day night.
Sedgman is matched against
Segura for this Washington ap-
pearance, and will have the
roofing support of approximately
100 members Of the Australian
Embassy staff and the Australian
colony in Washington.
In fact, the diplomatic repre-
sentatives from two other coun-
tries will have a roofing interest
IN the, pro tennis matches al
Uline Arena. Gonzales is due
for backing from the Mexican
contingent, although he was
born in California. and a group
from Ecuador will be on hand
to cheer their countryman,
Segura.
The two Panchos, Segura and
Gonzales, who combined to win
yesterdays doubles match also
will be paired here Friday night
against Sedgman and Bulge.
Evening star., 1954-01-04
Race Recheck Hints Zotopek
Surpassed H0egg' S Records

road race wherein spectacular
times have been recorded. Road
ways seem to give the runner
more bounce.
Also, reports indicate Zatopek
ran in 71-degree temperature and
at night with great crowds cheer
ing him on. While there may
have been hills, aroad race lacks
the showdown Of running circles
on a track.
Also, in a road race there's an
end to be reached which isn't a
spot passed monotonously on q
quarter-mile track.
Nevertheless, one thing stands
out. Zatopek ran against some of
the worlds best distance men and
the Sac Silvestre race had been
run % times before-yet no one
had run within a minute and
eight seconds Of Zatopek's time
Further, Zatopek had a milling
crowd Of 2,140 other runners in
the race.
Just one more note: The best
recorded time for 1000 meters il
Gordon Prizes 20.21 on Septem-
ber 8. 1858, in Stockholm. Ia
topek apparently passed the
1000 meters some 40 seconds
faster.
Evening star., 1954-01-04
Brothers Protest UnovoiIine
Battling Nelson Committed
To Illinois State HosDitoI

States from Denmark when he
was only year old.
Nelson was a Chicago post
Office clerk until 1850 and since
then has been living on a $22
monthly pension and donations
from friends. His wife, Edna, 40,
died last week in the couples
tiny hotel room on the near
North Side. Following her death,
Nelson was taken to the Chicago
Psychopathic Hospital. A psy-
chiatrist said: Nelson is out of
contact with the world"
Nelson held the lightweight
championship from 1908, when
he knocked out Joe Cans, until
1910, when he was battered by
Ad WolgaSt in 40 rounds.
He once said: II fought 300
fights and I made a lot of money.
But I gave away a lot and lost
in investments"
Evening star., 1954-01-04
BY the Associc,ed Pres,

CHICAGO, Jan. Oscar
(Battling) Nelson, II, former
worlds lightweight. boxing cham
pion. today was ordered commit
ted to the Chicago State Hos
pital.
Judge Walter j. Stevens of
Sterling, ILL.,, acting county Judge
in the PSychopathic Court in
Chicago, issued the commitment
order.
DR.. Clarence B. Geary told
the court Nelson was suffering
from IAN incurable senile de-
mentia."
Two brothers of the old-time
boxer, Charles F. Nielsen, super
intendent of schools of Paradise
County, Calf, and Arthur Mel
son of Chicago. protested the
order Judge Stevens said they
could take Nelson from the hos
pital any time they could provide
him with private institutional
care.
The fighter was born Oscar
Nielsen and came to the United
Evening star., 1954-01-04
Curtier-Sondy Scrap
On TeIevision Toniuht

bY inc NStocldIed FFess
NEW YORK, Jan. 4.-Waltel
Cartier and Randy Sandy, New
York middleweights much II
need Of an important victory
open the weeks boxing program
by clashing in a hereunder to.
night at Eastern Parkway Arena
in Brooklyn.
(The bout will be televised
in Washington by WTTG,
starting at 9:30 o'clock.)
Evening star., 1954-01-04
Bitsy Grant Among Entries
In Dixie Tennis Tourney
BY the A.soeioted Pre.s


TAMPA, Fla, Jan. 4. - The
9th annual Dixie tennis tourna-
ment opened here today. but
only a few of the seeded play
ers had first-round matches
scheduled.
Gardnar Mulloy of Miami, de-
Tending champion and top
seeded player, was among those
with byes today.
Another Miami player, Tony
Vincent. seeded No. 2, took on
Bob Sierra of Tampa.
The veteran Bryan (Bitsy)
Grant Of Atlanta, a four time
Dixie champion, was matched
against Bill Dawson of Tampa.
Grant was seeded sixth.
Mildred Thornton of Daytona
Beach, No. 2 among the women,
played Sandy Boatman OF
Tampa.
The top-seeded woman player
Laura Lou Kunnen of Clear
water, drew a bye.
Evening star., 1954-01-04
erpBasketba|| Game
Al Richmond Is Test
For Big Three Race

Maryland's basketball team,
fresh from its triumph in the
All-American City basketball
tournament at Owensboro, KY,
resumes its regular season activ-
ity tonight when it plays the
University of Richmond at Rich
mond.
This is a busy and important
week for the Terrapin cagers
They have Atlantic Coast Con-
ference games against Virginia
tomorrow night and Clemson
Wednesday night at College Park
and wind up Saturday night
playing at Georgetown.
Tonight's game at Richmond
should give a good indication of
how the Terrapins will stack up
against George Washington, cur
rently favored to win the unof-
fetal Big Three title among
Washington area schools. Rich
mond has lost only two of 10
games. Both defeats were by
George Washington and both
were by 81-67 scores.
Both Played MOuntaineers.
The Terrapins and Spiders
have met one common foe thus
far. West Virginia. Maryland
lost. 87-71. but Richmond was a
winner, 74-67. Both games were
played at MorgantoWn.
Maryland will carry an 8-2
record into tonight's game, hav-
ing lost to Wake Forest in addi-
ton to West Virginia, but it
picked up a lot of prestige by
winning the All-American City
tourney in which Gene Shue was
voted the outstanding player.
The Terps now have a five-game
winning streak. having defeated
Virginia Tech and South Caro-
lima before sailing past Arizona
State of Tempe. Evansville and
Kentucky Wesleyan in the tour
ney.
Clemson Offers Comparison.
In another game of interest
tonight, Clemson is at William
and Mary. The Tigers will be
here tomorrow night to meet
George Washington at Uline
Arena. and the following night
they play at Maryland. Clemson
is a distinct underdog since it
has a IT record.
Maryland returns home to-
morrow night to meet another
fairly strong opponent. Virginia.
The Cavaliers probably will be
underdogs despite their six VIC
tories. They have lost to the
three really good teams they've
played so far-Navy. George
Washington and Duke. Th e
Duke game was a 1864 game
played Saturday night after the
Blue Devils had beaten Navy in
the Dixie Classic final.
Evening star., 1954-01-04
BY the Assoeiotsd Press


LONDON, Jan. Emil Zato-
pek's New Years eve feat in Bra
zil of running 1900 meters (about
5 miles) in 20 minutes and 30.4
seconds had track and field sta
tisticians rechecking their slide
rules today.
They looked up from their tab
ulations and proclaimed that
Zatopek's clocking indicates the
incredible Czech probably passed
the 5000 meters and the three
miles in faster time than the
world records of 1882 and
1924 set in 1912 by Gunder
Haegg of Sweden.
No official intermediate clock
ings we're announced for the
Brazil race.
But Zatopek in Brazil ran
another 1890 meters, or almost
a mile and half further, after
sweeping by the standard metric
and linear distances.
If the man who did it was any
one but Zatopek-triple Olympic
winner in 1852 - there might
have been some doubts as to the
length Of the course.
Yet. as Norris McWhirter, Of
f1cial collector of figures for
publication of the documents of
the International Association of
Track and Field Statisticians,
said: "Zatopek's time is electric
but understandable"
First, track experts long ago
decided Zatopek can do almost
anything.
Second, there's something
which drives q runner on in q
Evening star., 1954-01-04
Maryland Grid Team
Quietly Hits Books as
Sooners Celebrate

The University of Maryland
football squad returned 10
classes at College Park today.
There was no school at the
University of Oklahoma. Okla
homa's president hung out mo
school" sign today so students
and friends could relive Fridays
momentous TO victory over the
Terps in the Orange Bowl in
Miami.
The Maryland team returned
home yesterday practically un-
noticed. Only a handful of rela-
tives and close friends of the
players were at National Airport
when the team landed from Mi
ami. There was no brass band,
no cheering throng.
Approximately 1000 fans greet
ed the Oklahoma team on its
arrival in Norman, Okla. They
shook hands with the players
and screamed congratulations.
And that's the way it was for
the victor and the loser two days
after.
Both Coaches Get Feelers.
One thing seemed to accom-
pany both teams homeward.
Both head coaches are reported
to have received job feelers from
other institutions. Such feelerS
and reports of feelers come on
the heels of almost every bowl
game.
A group of alumni in Texas
has started a Get Tatum for
Texas A&M" movement. A
spokesman for the group had
contacted a Texas newspaper
man who phoned Tatum in
Miami. Tatum admitted this.
but added: Il have not been ap-
preached by any one at the
university. At Miami there we're
lot of rumors about both Bud
and me being offered jobs for
next year. After we got beat
in the Orange Bowl I wasn't
sure anybody wanted me. I
hope Maryland still wants me. "
Bud is Bud Wilkinson. coach
Of the Sooners.
Wilkinson admitted he had
been approached about pos
sible coaching job at Minnesota
and would talk to those con-
cerned again at the NCAA meet
ing this week in Cincinnati.
Tatum is leaving for the meeting
today
FalOney Looks to Wedding.
One member of the Maryland
football team knows exactly what
his next move will be.
Bernie Faloney. the No. /
quarterback who saw very little
action in the Orange Bowl be-
cause of a knee injury, and
Janet Wallace, a Maryland CO.
ed, will be married January 80
at the university chapel.
The Rev. Edward A. Hughes
of st. James Catholic Church
in Mount Rainier will perform
the ceremony.
Miss Wallace, who is from
Silver Spring, and Faloney met
two years ago.
Faloney, who will be graduated
in June, is a member of the
Air Force ROTC, but may get
one year of pro football in be-
fore being called.
AS for Maryland's football
future. Tatum says the team
will be a bowl victor again. The
Terps won the Sugar Bowl game
over Tennessee two years ago.
Evening star., 1954-01-04
Gophers Challenging
Hoosiers for Crown;
Oregon State Fades
BY the Assoeiossd Press

Basketball rankings are due
for q shake-up when the ballots
are counted in this weeks AS
sociated Press poll, but nothing
on the immediate horizon fig
ures to jar Kentucky and Du-
quense of their lofty one-two
perches. !
Top-rated Kentucky has been
idle since knocking sixth-ranked
Minnesota out of the unbeaten
class a week. ago for its seventh
win against no defeats.
While Adolph Rupp was giving
his Kentuckians rest. many OF
the Nations foremost teams
fought it out in a wide assort-
ment of tournaments. Duquesne.
on the basis Of its triumph in
the Madison Square Garden
Holiday Festival, could gain
ground on Kentucky.
The towering Dukes beat well.
regarded Niagara in the Garden
tournament and then last Sat-
urday smothered the University
of Mexico, 99-35, with even the
student manager, Len jeffrey,
getting into the scoring column.
That was No. II in the Dukes
perfect string.
Easy Games for Kentucky.
Kentucky has what looks like
two easy assignments this week.
the Wildcats face Xavier Of Gin
cinnati tonight and open their
Southeastern Conference sched-
ule against Georgia Tech Both
are home games for Kentucky.
Kentucky already owns one
victory over Xavier, 81-66, last
month. However, the Musketeers
showed very well in defeat.
They held Cliff Hagan, Ken
tucky's 6-foot-4 scoring star, to
IL points and were in contention
until late in THE game. Two
nights later Xavier looked good
enough to beat anybody in whip
ping Georgetown in Washington.
Duquesne could have tough
job against Dayton tonight, but
should have a romp Saturday
against st. Francis at Johns
town, Pa.
Third-ranked Indiana CID.
which opened the Big Ten cam.
paign Saturday with a $3.50 vic.
tory over keyed-up Michigan.
faces two more conference oppo-
nentS this week-Wisconsin to-
night and Minnesota Saturday.
Minnesota (8-D, rated sixth in
the Nation. shapes up as the
Hoosiers' chief rival for the con-
ference title the Indianans won
last year. Illinois (6-2), after an
84-72 loss to Minnesota Satur-
day, faces Northwestern and
Michigan State this week.
Since being ranged fourth q
week ago. largely on the basis of
a defeat of Indiana, Oregon State
has dropped two games to Navy
and Duke in the Dixie classic at
Raleigh. The Beavers now have
a 7-3 record.
Aggies Open League Race.
The f1fth-rated Oklahoma Ag-
gies. who strengthened their rat
ing by winning the All-Coilege
tournament at Oklahoma City to
run their record to 12-1, open
their Missouri Valley season
against Houston on Saturday.
Seventh-rated Western Ken.
lucky U2-0), the winningest
major team following victory in
the Louisville tournament, hopes
to make it 13 against Murry
State Saturday.
North Carolina State (9-3):
the ninth team, was a 69-65 win
ner over Villanova Saturday and
has engagements against Virginia
Tech Tuesday and Duke Satur-
day. Duke trounced Virginia.
1864 last Saturday.
Fordham CID, ranked 10th.
faces a busy week with New York
University tonight. st. Francis
(See College Basketball, A-15.)
Evening star., 1954-01-04
By the As.ocio,ed Pres.

BIRMINGHAM, Mich, Jan. 4.
Charles (Gus) Dorais, who
with the immortal Knute Rockne
laid the solid foundation on
which Notre Dame built its fabu-
lous football dynasty. is dead.
The little man who figured prom
inently in changing football
from a bruising tug-of war into
a game of precise skill. died yes
terday at 62 at his home Just
outside of Detroit.
Rockne's roommate at Notre
Dame, Dorais captained the
1912 Irish team which swept
through seven games undefeated.
That year Notre Dame crushed
st. Viators, 1857, and rolled up
impressive scores against such
teams as Adrian. Morris Harvey,
Wabash. st. Louis and Mar
quette. The Irish also defeated
Pittsburgh. 30. on Dorais' drop
kicked field goal, but it wasn't
until the following season. with
Rockne as captain. that Dorais
at quarterback and Rockne at
end revolutionized football.
Notre Dame opened the 1913
season by swamping Ohio North
ern, 87-0; whipped South Da-
kota. 20-7. and demolished Alma,
$40. Then the Notre Dame
squad of Is men came East for
the first time to play mighty
Army at West Points Cullum
Field
Evening star., 1954-01-04
Kramer Denies Bids
For Amateurs as Pros
Play New York Finals
BY the Assoeio,ed Pres.

NEW YORK, Jan. Jack
Kramer, former amateur tennis
star and now a promoter of the
professional game, is not inter-
ested in any amateur at the
moment and that goes for Lewis
Hoad and Tony Trabert.
= This whole thing is silly" the
former American Davis Cup ace
said today before sending his
troupe to Madison Square Gar
den for the second session. of the
opening 1854 pro tournament" :"
Neither Hoad nor Trabert
could hold a racquet to my play
ers," Kramer said. Fright now
I don't want them and have not
sent out any feelerS. Naturally,
I'm on the lookout for new and
good players for the circuit,
but right now I'm satisfied with
Pancho Gonzales. Pancho Sc
gura, Don Bulge and Frank
Sedgman.
Thinks Youngsters INFESTED.
Frankly, to my mind, young
sterS like Hoad and Trabert have
not proved themselves yet. Sure,
if one of them makes shambles
out of the major tournaments
this summer. I'll be interested.
What promoter wouldn't? But
I have made absolutely no con-
tact with them to date"
Kramer is varying the script
on his tour this year. Tonight.
for instance, Gonzales will play
Segura for the $4,000 jackpot of
the two-day stand. Bulge and
Sedgman will play for the con-
ISOLATION prize of $500.
In yesterdays opening round
Gonzales, making a comeback at
the age of 25, upset Sedgman,
3-6, 11-9. 13-11, and Segura
chopped down Bulge. the undis-
puted ruler of the game in the
mid -30s. Ga, 60.
by running the show like a
tournament every night. we'll
give the boys more incentive" ("
Kramer said. Last year every one
collected his guarantee whether
he won or lost. Now the winner
each night will collect the major
share of the purse"
Kramer is going to confine his
own action to doubles this year,
not because he can't play singles
but because he doesn't want to.
Last year I had all the worries
and I had to play, too." he ex-
planned. "I handled both jobs
but I don't know how I did it.
And what CALLED me was that in
the end the other players in the
troupe made just as much money
as I. Now III play only doubles
to give the others a rest once in
a while and TIL be in condition to
step in if any one gets hurt"
Sedgman Tired at End.
Gonzales looked like a real pro
in beating Sedgman. but all the
experts on hand-including Kra-
mer-said the Aussie should
finish the tour ahead of the
others. Sedgman got tired after
two sets. which is understandable
in view of the fact that he
stepped off a plane from Austria
liza Saturday.
AS for Bulge, the old redhead
still has the strokes. but he also
still plays the tactical game from
the baseline. He kept Segura on
the run, but Pancho had the
stamina to keep batting them
back at his opponent. Bulge
finally ran out of steam, but
with some more practice he
should give the others a run for
their money.
Gonzales and Segura teamed
in the doubles for an easy 6-2
victory over Sedgman and
Kramer.
Evening star., 1954-01-04
Women's Tourney Set

ST. JOSEPH. Mo-, Jan. 4 (P).
The Women's National AAU
basketball tournament will be
held at st. Joseph March 21-26.
st. Joseph was named as the host
city last night for the 18th time.
~
Evening star., 1954-01-04

than MS reputation as q player, D0falS'
name will be forever associated first with
the forward pass and the Notre Dame
Army game of 1918.
During his lifetime, Dorais heard that
he was the inventor of the forward pass.
He must have read on hundreds of occa-
sions that Army on that November after
noon 40 years ago was playing IAN un-
known, unheralded eleven from some place
in the West" Neither of which ever was
true.
Perhaps Dorais was the first of foot
balls famous paSSerS and it undoubtedly
would be correct to say that during Notre
Evening star., 1954-01-04
Win, Lose or Draw
Bv FRANCIS sTANN

SPORTS FIGURES lived to hear and read of so many
wrong notions in connection with his highpoin the
late Gus of Unlike his old teammate
Rockne, whose fame football coach greater
Evening star., 1954-01-04
Only Is Made Trim.

The Irish were granted slight
chance of defeating the strong
est team in the East. For the
trip from South Bend the Irish
brought along sandwiches made
on the campus to cut costs and
Evening star., 1954-01-04
He and Rockne Beot Army in 'l3
Gus Dorois, Passing Pioneer
AtNotre Dame, Dead at 81

the 18 men had only IA pairs Of
cleats between them. They were
outWeighed by Army IS pounds
a man and Army generally was
expected to name its own score.
But the imaginative Rockne
and Dorias had prepared a sur
prise. The previous summer,
when Rockne and Dorias sup
ported themselves during vaca-
ton as checkers in a summer
resort at Cedar Point, Ohio,
they spent time of on the Lake
Erie beach perfecting them
selves as a forward-passing COM
bination.
Dorias worked in a snap throw
from point near the ear which
would create an arching pass
easy for the receiver to catch.
Rockne perfected his running
and practiced feints so he could
haul in Dorias' passes without
breaking stride.
That was the innovation they
brought to the Army game. The
forward pass had been used prev
iously. but the ball generally had
been thrown with an underhano
motion and was used only in des-
peration.-
Rock Discards Limp.
Army's superior power was evil
dent in the early moments of the
game. Rockne was limping
Dorais had overthrown two
passes while being rushed by
Army's heavy line. Then Rockne
discarded his faxed limp. rushed
40 yards down the field and took
Dorais' long. floating pass in the
clear. Notre Dame led, 60.
The Irish led at halftime, IA
(COntiMled on Pare Ala Col . \
Evening star., 1954-01-04
Rock Discards Limp.

Continued on Page Ala. Col. o.
Evening star., 1954-01-04

(See College Basketball, A-15)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-08

was a New York play to direct.
That the play. THE Remark
able Mr.. Pennypacker." is a
comedy makes his success all
the more pleasing to Washing
tonians who know that his Spe-
ciality, and his preference, is for
drama-not necessarily tragic
but tilted toward the serious. A
man of intellectual and artistic
substance himself, he appreci-
ates those qualities most in the
plays he directs and the play
wrights who create them.
Nevertheless, "The Remark
able Mr.. Pennypacker" is a
happy springboard and rather
exacting test for a director max
ing his debut. What Mr.. Sch
neider has done to it and for
1t. clearly is hilariously satisfy
ing to patrons of the Coronet
Theater. And, no doubt to the
Producers Company, which own
the property and pay the sal
aries of Burgess Meredith, Mar
tina Scott and the slew of chill
dren rampant on the stage. In
personnel, the comedy is about
the size of small musical which
makes it a traffic problem as
well as a problem in direction.
incidentally, it was in the
Coronet that this Broadway Wis
itor got his first view of those
maroon divans, or love-seats,
which have replaced the first
five rows of seats. If Robert
Bowling. who also is in on the
lease on the National Theater in
Washington, wants a first i'm
preston, here it is: We felt we
had wandered into the ladies
powder room. It is not a COM
Portable feeling.
X y y
1.-THE Remarkable Mr.. Penny
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-08

packer" is the creation of an
outrageous Irish imagination
which belongs to a playwright
named Liam O'Brien.
AS played by Mr.. Meredith.
Pennypacker is a hero of out
landish dimensions He is a
small, knickerbocker clad figure
out of the Wilmington, Del, of
1890, whose adherence of mans
slavishness to the conventions
has stimulated him to two mar
riages, one of which has been
productive of nine children, the
other, eight.
AS situation comedy has been
going, this one has freshness to
at least most of this generation
of playgoers. Its author enhances
its potential for merriment by
making his remarkable Mr.. Pen
nypacker bigamy's most COM
pletely unabaShed exponent of
modern time. He is a ferociously
articulate and logical man easily
up to extricating himself from
the horror and indignation of his