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I'VE don't figure 10 run the
real good teams on the floor.
but well make . good showing
Crowley, says. This team might
be 9 year away from its true
potential. but it's tired Of los
ing. with the spirit they've
shown thus far We expect to have
. winning season. !"
Watching the Prep squad work
out at its antiquated gym out at
Garrett Park. one is not overly
impressed Their Size, or lack of
it. leaves doubts. Only two menu
beers of the squad are over s
feet.
But after 9 brief stay one goes
away with q different outlook.
The way they handle the ball,
the sure andedness in passing
and the speed leaves its mark.
..Our lack of height may prove
Q disadvantage to some extent, =
Crowley reasons. sbut we have
speed. This win be q running
ball club.
The biggest players on the
Little Hoya squad are Chuck
King, q junior, at 6-foot-l. and
Tony Carroll, o sophomore.
about the same size. The re-
mainder graduate downward to
Chick Leasure and Tim Holl-
ingsworth, both only 5-foot-6.
The two seniors on the team
are Co-Capts. Greg Didden and
Bob Ellis. Didden. Ellis, Leas-
ure and Carroll are from this
area. the others from as far
away as California. home of
King.
One other member Of the
squad may turn out to be q
pleasant surprise. Mike Nc
Kaba, a junior from Long Is
land, has a variety of shots and
thus far has averaged II points
q game as top scorer Of the
team. His defense is q bit
spotty, but improvement in that
department along with his shot
making should stamp him as
one to watch in the league.
This is the team that opens
its league play Sunday against
st. Anthony, The following
Sunday Prep meets DeMatha.
They should win both, but the
test win come in the third
game, against st. Johns.
Should the Little Hoyas get
by the Cadets and q 80 start
in league play. their chances OF
a coveted playoff berth would
be bright indeed.
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Top Stars siari Play
In Dixie Tennis Today
o. he As,oslossd Prss. =

TAMPA. Fla. Jan. 5.Favored
Eddie Moylan and second
seeded Bernard sBartsen swing
into action in the Dixie tennis
tournament for the first time
today.
Each is slated 10 play two
matches to catch up with the
field. 30 Is fourth-ranked Sid
ney Schwartz OF New York.
Most other seeded players
moved up with little trouble
yesterday against Florida OPP
position. They included Mario
Llamas. Mexican Davis Cup
player: Henri Rochon, q Cana
dian Davis Cupper: Bitsy Grant
of Atlanta. and Jean Noel
Grinda, the French Junior,
Only Don Plat Of Toronto,
seeded No. !, was extended. He
had to 20 III cut 10 beat steve
Colson. former Tampa city
champion. 81. 1s. So.
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Washington Owned Dog
Leading in Field Trials

WAYNESBORO, Ca, Jan. 81
A pointer dog named Fast De-
livery Boy appeared to be in the
lead today at the start Of the
second half Of the open all-age
event OF the Georgia Field Trials
Association.
But II Of the IS dogs had
yet to run and the Judges were
maintaining their traditional Sd
lepce until completion Of the
event Thursday.
Fast Delivery Boy. owned by
Harold A. Crane and A. v.
Holmes OF washington. d. c..
made three covey finds In his
one hour run over the trials
course south Of Waynesboro
Monday.
Susan Peters, pointer female
owned by Henry Well Of Pa
ducah. KY, and handled by John
Gates, scored on one covey.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-01-05
Lions and New Haven
Play Here

The Lions, who can thank
their lucky stars for Baltimore.
viii try to get some revenge
against New Haven In Eastern
Hockey League matches at Uline
Arena tomorrow and Saturday
nights. q
The Blades are in second
place. three full games in front
Of the Lions.
The Lions are one Of the hot
test home teams in sports.
They've won nine. lost three and
tied one at Uline. but their con-
duct on the road has been. al
most incredible. 2
II 1t weren't for neighborly
Baltimore, the Lions would have
nothing but beatings to show for
IA games away. Against the
Clippers in Baltimore, they are
3-3-1. At New Haven they are
0-3, at Worcester, OIL, and at
Clinton. 0-3, following an 8-3
humiliation there last night. The
Lions total road record S-10-1.
In overall competition Wash
ington's record reads: 2-4-1
against New Haven; 7.5-1
against Baltimore; la against
Clinton, and 2-1 against Wor-
cester.
Fern LaPointe and Bob Lunny
will be back in action tomorrow
night. LaPointe has been nurs-
Ing an ankle injury, while Lunny
sat out last nights game for
disciplinary reasons. He wasn't
in his room at am. Sunday
and Player-coach Stan Warecki
suspended him.
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Feiice CTimmins. steeierl. 0:Ss. Lions
Warech tMeserve, Formica), 4;0e.
s sason aoIsscn s.,en 5n gas 'aTHis oS
Houston (shambek DE Feiice), 1900.
SECOND period scorinE: Clinton
Thompson tMorRanl. Toyotal, 1914.
Clinton Jameson (Timmins), Thorn
son lSteelerJ. 1887.
son lMonchinD. 2.3S; DeFelice, S:1b.
Sayes--Coxon, 10. 8. LOB. Spencer.
H., 8. rs.
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Indian Shares Spotlight
On tuners Nat Ioniqht

Two women wrestlers and an
Indian are feature attractions
on tonight's wrestling program
at Turner's Arena.
The women are Nell Stewart.
q blond. from Birmingham and
Mile Stafford, brunette, from
Minneapolis who meet in one Of
the co-feature matches. The
Indian is Don Big Kettle who
made his first showing in WASH
ington last week and turned out
to be q rather tough character.
Kettle is paired against Tex
Riley in the other feature to-
night. Both are two-out-of-
three falls affairs.
Supporting matches starting
at e;45 pm. pit Larry Hamilton
against Al Cortex. and Herb
Larsen against Ace Freeman. y
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LAP wirephoto.

guess II ! get my mile down
around 1850 my chances would
be pretty good" he says.
To reach that performance.
Ralph plans to compete In every
meet available between now and
graduation In June. The Star
Games Is his Arst target. Then
come the National AAU indoor
meet, the DCAAU outdoor. the
knights Of Columbus and the
Maryland interscholastic meets
again. Gonzaga's revival of track
will give him several more dual
meets in which to polish his
stride.
For the first time the high
school competition will be en-
tirely separate from the rest Of
The Star Games. Ten schoolboy
events will 60 on in the after
noon on January ~. Admission
win be IS cents at the door.
The big events win begin
promptly at 1850 O'Clock that
night. Advance tickets for The
Star Games. excluding the high
school section. are going for
$50, 81, So and - In the lobby
OF The Evening Star and at The
PARKWAY, 1928 q street NV.
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CoIoniuIs
lContinued From Page CID


GU To, but the Hoyas haven't
been playing in quite as tough
q league. Last week when they
won the Richmond Invitational
Tournament, the Colonials were
able to pep up their scoring av-
erages, with Holup now averag-
ing 22.4 points a game and Dew
lin 24.2.
Petcavich Improving.
Coming along nicely as a valu-
able third man is Joe Petcavich,
averaging 11.3 points. Pet also is
something OF o hawk on re-
bounds.
Georgetown's lineup is heavily
sailed with new players; in fact
except for Buehler, junior, the
starters are sophomores. The
best scorer so far has been
Guard Hank Moreno, 6-foot-2
player from New Jersey, averag-
ing 1874 points. The 6-foot-4
Buehler is next with a 12.4 aver
age, while also In double figures
are Matt White, .6-foot-2, from
New York, with IL points and
Missett with la.
The problem facing the Hoyas
as they go for an upset Is d
tough one. II they concentrate
on trying to stop Holup under
the basket. there always is Dew
lin to open things up with his
outside angle shots, and II either
of these two falters. Petcavich
Is able to I'LL in.
Georgetown does have balance
In its scoring attack and the
team can run. But George
Washington can run right with
1t. The Colonials are smooth
operators who can out-defend
the Hoyas. and the figures show
they can outscore them by what
should be q safe margin.
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]. Navy

Continued From Pare CID


as head coach Of the professional
San Francisco Forty Miners, for
an estimated $4,000 . year and
q lons-term pact.
That Job was opened by the
firing Of Buck Shaw and since
has been filled by Red Strader.
The consensus is that Erdelatz
likes the Job at Annapolis too
well to leave during his hour Of
triumph.
Erdelatz and the Navy team
were treated to q rousing recep-
ton here last mighty They re-
turned from New Orleans and
were greeted by q crowd Of $4,000
people who put ON q torchlight
parade through the city to Ban
croft Hall.
The coach sang "Shanty
Town." Q performance he usual
" reserves for victories over
Army. Phil Monahan. fullback
and captain, made q short talk,
as did Rear Admiral Walter r.
Boone. academy superintendent,
who said: I'm proud. This can
easily rank as the finest team
ever TO play for the Naval Acad-
envy
Fullback Joe Gattuso, voted
the outstanding player in the
Sugar Bowl game, was called on
20 make d speech. Joe an
nounced that there would be no
classes At the academy today.
However, authorities would not
back up Gattuso's announce
ment. Classes were held as
usual.
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Andrews, Hagen Break
Records in 1880 Win

The Andrews Air Base basket
bali team has q new consecutive
victory record Of IA in q row
after last nights 1880 decision
over Aberdeen.
Also q record was the 40 points
scored by Cliff Hagen, former
Kentucky standout. toward the
Andrews total. Johnny O'Brien.
formerly Of Seattle. scored az
points fol-. the losers.
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Hurry }. Landry Dies;
churter NBA Member
Seeded pispafeh 70 The ssof

FRIARS POINT. Miss. Jan. 8.
Harry j. Landry. former chair
man Of the Mississippi State
Athletic Commission. died here
Sunday.
He was 3 charter member Of
the National Boxing Association.
and later was national treasurer
Of the NBA and president Of the
National Wrestling Association.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-01-05
coun, Crack Miller. Also Coaches
Gonzogo REEVES Track Team
In Time for Star Games
By Dick Sloy.

Gonzaga High has revived It's
track team just in time to enter
the Star Games, January % at
the National Guard Armory.
Eighteen boys showed up on
Georgetown University's cinder-
path last Monday for the start
of workouts. Ralph Coall, q sem
Tor honor student, has assumed
the coaching duties In the abb
sence Of an adult tutor.
Coan declines to call himself
coach as such. Instead. he says,
II know q little something about
1t, so I guess I'll handle it. Wen
probably enter q pretty big team
in the Star Games"
That coach knows q "little
something about 1t" is an under
statement. Last spring he set q
record IN the Maryland inter-
scholastic meet at College Park.
winning the private prep school
mile rum in 4::39.9. That came
after about a years training.
After that he won the half
mile in 2:07 in the first knights
Of Columbus Catholic School
track meet in May.
Dad Was Champion Miller.
Ralph, also competed in the
Star Games . year ago. the Dis
trict AAU outdoor champion
ships and the National AAU in
door championships in Madison
Square Garden. He failed to
place in any Of these meets, but
the experience was invaluable.
Coan's accomplishments, in
track after so short a career are
natural enough, considering his
heritage. His dad, Carl A.
Coan. q Bureau of Census stat
istician and the father Of nine
children, was q 24-karat mile
champion In the early l93OS.
The elder Coan, running for
the University Of Pennsylvania,
won the National intercollegiate
indoor mile championship In .
record ais In 1891. That same
year he swept the big indoor
mile events. winning the Hunter
Mile in the Boston IA Games,
the Wanamaker Mile in the
Millrose Games and the Baxter
Mile In the New York AC
Games In the last event. Coan
reached his peak with q 4:i3
clocking. considered q blistering
pace in those days.
Coan ran a leg on the Penn
4-mile relay team that estab-
lished a world record in 1898.
Others in that foursome were
Gene Venzke. Phil McNiff and
Dan Dean.
The elder Coan attended Penn
via q track scholarship and IT.
year-old Ralph would like noth-
ing better than to be given the
same break. Penn or villanova
are his current choices and en-
cheering Is the course.
Star Games First Target.
Ralph's chances Of landing Q
scholarship are directly depend
ent on his performance this
winter and spring. he thinks. Il
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Red Sox Assign Lenhurdt

BOSTON, Jan. 5 R.Don
Lenhardt's baseball contract has
been assigned by the Boston Red
Sox to their American Associa-
ton farm team at Louisville.
General Manager Joe Cronin to-
day announced the contract as
signment OF the 32-year-old Red
Sox outfielder-first baseSnan. 80
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2NAA2s Nj
Gon7aga .,
de ( e n d.
ing champion.
st. Johns and
Carroll appear
to be the
strength. OF
the I'VE re-
rilaing teams.
q e o r g e.
tow Prep,
Priory and
Mackin figure
to fight 1t out
7 for the re-
naming play
nA ha-4in. q.
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1erps Flat in Beating
South Carolina, Play
Tough Virginia Next

Thankful that 1t was enter
tanning probably its weakest OPP
ponent Of the season on q night
when II DEFINITELY was on. Mary
lands basketball team was hope
ful Of regaining Its touch before
the visit Of q better than-aver-
age Virginia team tomorrow
night.
With Q victory In the Kentucky
tournament immediately behind
them and planning for North
Carolina State and George
Washington within the next two
weeks, the Terps were fat in
beating South Carolina, 68-51.
last night.
The Terps had q 23-point lead
at one time In the second half
even though Coach Bud Millikan
used all his players In winning
for the eighth time against two
defeats.
Gamecocks Offer Little.
south Carolina, beaten by 20
points BY Virginia the previous
night, and losing its sixth
straight In the Atlantic Coast
Conference. had little to offer ex-
cept q couple Of fair set-shot
men. South Carolina. however,
has beaten both Georgia and
Georgia Tech Of the Southeasts
ern Conference. which adds lit
tie to the luster of Kentucky's
long list Of victories In that
league.
The Terps had q scare when
Bob Kessler paid for his show
boating by twisting his ankle
In the second half. Kessler had
been driving in on all-the-way
shots for several minutes
spurning passes-when it caught
up with him. It is believed he
viii be all right tomorrow night.
He scored IS points before the
fall.
Fuqua Stopped in Second Hall.
Frank Fuqua, hooking with
confidence for the first time,
had l6 points in the first half.
but added only q foul in the
second as he apparently tired.
He helped Maryland to COM
plete coverage Of the back
boards.
Virginia brings a IA record
TO College Park tomorrow night,
and Of course presents Buzz Will
kinson, third leading scorer in
the Nation last. year with a 30.1
average. He is getting help from
Bob McCarty this season.
Maryland beat them by only 8
points at Charlottesville last
month.
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Anatosiia Five Looks
Good Against Carroll
Despite Loss Of Stars
BY Bob Honson ]

Anacostia High, minus the
one-two scoring punch Of zekel
zirkle and Dick Butler that car
ried It to > playon berth IN the
Interhigh League last season.
still has enough ammunition LEFT
to cause trouble in the reorgan-|
lied league this year.
The Indians. Is q matter Of
fact. exhibited = better balanced
club without its graduated stars
in handing . well-coached Car
roll team q 66-5s defeat yester-
day at Carroll.
Coach Russ Lombardy admit
teddy feels the loss Of Zirkle and
Butler. who between them aver
aged better than so points q
game, but the team he's whipped
up now should make q race Of
II. In the league, beginning with
the opener Friday against
Phelps.
In Coo apts. Wayne Thomer-
son and Bob Johnson and Don
Rhine, all over 8 feet, Anacos-
tia has enough size to be fight-
ing consistently for ball control.
These three. also fair shooters,
are backed up by Calvin Knott,
Jim Edwards. Frank Copper and
Fred Schwartzman. all good
shots and better than-average
on defense.
Knott wound up. with %
points, high for his team, with
Thomerson and Rhine each con-
tributing is. The indians main
tanned slim 1922 lead at half
time and were never more than
four points ahead until rally
in the third quarter gave them a
comfortable margin.
Bill Hessler of Carroll put on
one-man show in the closing
stages Of the game, SCORING II
points in the final period to nm
ish with q 27-point total.
1t was the fourth straight win
without a loss for Anacostia. |
Carroll is "a.
Roosevelt. tabled as d power
In the Interhigh League In pre-
season predictions. opened its
season with q last-second 4g-47
victory over Gonzaga. Catholic
League champion. Ken Ericsson,
the Riders 6-foot-5 center, pro-
vided the slim margin with two
foul shots in the final i've sec
onds Of the game and emerged
as his teams top scorer with l8
points. Tony Natoli of the
Eagles was high for the day with
20 points as well as playing an
outstanding defensive game.
George Washington High, paced
by All-Metropolitan Doug Yates
with ID points. topped Wilson,
54-45. Mike Agee and Walt
Densmore Of the Presidents also
aided considerably In the win.
Lew Luce. third-ranking scorer
In the 1nterhigh League last year,
paced the Tigers with 20 points.
Chamberlain. which has shown
indications Of being a threat in
Interhigh play this season, scored
its fourth victory in i've starts.
59-46. over Bell Gene White hit
for rs points for the Volts. Sam
Cheri was high for Bell with 49,
Charley Sampson had IS
points, Gus Bass IA and Bob
Roberts Is to lead Eastern to an
opening season victory over
Mackin, $3.50. Bill Hogan with
10 points was high for Mackin.
Phelps dropped its tirst game
in four starts. 57-52, to Carver
OF Baltimore. Ben Marley, play-
ing only the first half for
Phelps. topped his team with I3
points.
The schedule today and to-.
morrow:
TODAY.
Coolidge ct Eastern. 3.20
tva irtnont Heights at Cardozo, 31B.
Dunnar at Baltimore Dunbar. 3:3o.
Elcnard Montgomery ct Priory. i
yonn M. Candy at Parker-Csray, 5,3O, |
roll $780, - Sat-
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Victory Over Cadets
indicates trouble far
WIS League Rivals

3
Washington-Lee High. Norths
ern Virginia Group I basketball
champion. meets its two toughest
league rivals next week in FAIR
fax and George Washington. and
the results Of those games should
give an indication of the Gen.:
erals chances to repeat as
titlists.
W-L plays at Fairfax Tuesday
night and entertains CIV Friday
night. Fairfax, winner Of four
straight after an opening loss.
has nearly an entire team over
Is feet and figures to be plenty
OF trouble. CIV. likewise, has
strength. paced by Doug Yates
and Mike Agee from last year
and AUGMENTED by Jim Conner
and Sophomore Walt Densmore.
Mount Vernon and Fails Church
are nobody's patsies, which
should make for an interesting
season. \,
WI exhibited its. big. fast
breaking squad to st. Johns last
night and came away with an
easy 44-27 victory, its first in
basketball over the Cadets In ~
years.
Using a floating zone defense.
the Generals took command
early, forcing st. Johns to the
outside for its shots. Big Jim
Woodbridge and Phil Palmer ef-
fectively controlled the boards.
The Cadets were hampered BY
lack of size and the loss OF John
Frazier. out with an abscessed
tooth.
Woodbridge with is points and
Sonny Dugan with IL paced
WI to its third win In four
starts. It was st. Johns first
loss after three victories.
Fairfax, with Durwood Regis
ter getting "a points, Bill Clark
10 and Ralph Boswell playing an
outstanding floor game, defeated
Petersburg. $3.50.
George Welcker with II points
led Bethesda Chevy Chase TO
its sixth victory in eight starts,
66-56, over Gaithersburg.
Southern High remained un-
beaten in four games, defeating
Tech, 66-47. It was the Train-
ers' third loss in five games. A.
Leon Annandale's 10 points
were high as Bladensburg won
It's sixth Of seven games. 61-46.
over Annapolis.
Dave Davis hit for "a points
and Gary Trion 81 to lead Mount
Vernon to its first victory IN
three starts, 67-49, over AnnAne
dale. Dick Wickline Of AMMAN.
dale was the games high scorer
with ~ points.
Landon. led by Don Dell,s 10
points. defeated Wakefield. Si-37,
only the second loss for the Arr
lington, school in seven games
Don Richards with Is points
was high for Wakefield. AZ
Sidwell Friends journeyed 10
Baltimore and came back with
its first victory Of the season,
54-47. over Boys Latin In an
Interstate Academic Conference
game. Bill Kerr and Johnny
Gardner. each with 10 points.
were high for the winners.
Jim McDonough's ~ points
were high for DeMatha e. thu
Stays scored q 1880 victory
over st. Stephens. 't
Lackey won Its third victory
Of the season, 53-4S, over Sher-
wood as Tom Bailey and Don
Weeks Of Lackey played OUT
standing defensive ball.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-01-05
~ Rob Honson

An early appraisal Of the Cath
olic Basketball League would
seem to indicate . much closer
race than IN the last few sea-
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New York 1t Rochester.
FeEt WAYNE vs.. Milwaukee at Phila-
Minneapolis Il phllaaslphia
pUr. y ws1n, 81 iin nasSclbs o..
kiiSsukee be. RcchelfeT 10
koft wayne ". Ro1hsstsr e Nss
kossos Il New Yark.
Minnsapoiis a. eyrncpFet
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-01-05

Totals 10 10 81 Totals 20 IL es
Helftime score: Maryland, 30; South
Carolina, 81.
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star Ganes Fine Target.

Ralph's chances Of landing .
scholarship are directly depend
ent on his performance this
winter and spring. he thinks. Il
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TO-DAY.
Goolidge ct Eastern. $3.50.
Eairrnont Heights at CARBON. a.1A
Western ut 81 Adams, $40
Dunnar at Baltimore Dunbar 3:3o.
Elehard Montgomery ct Prfory. i
yonn M. Candy at Parker-Gray, 7;3O.
81, A,m s5 University Frosh ct Carr
Alumni At surrattsyilIe. 8.
TOMORROW.
Eastern at Roosevelt. $50.
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Smyrna times., 1955-02-03

Q-How much space is needed
to hold a ton of coal? This infor-
nation is needed in order to know
how big to build a coal bin.
"A ton of coal occupies 40 to
As cubic feet. When building
bin, make it a little larger than
minimum size so that it can be
pushed back few feet from the
door. A bin measuring 6 X 8 x 10
feet would be big enough for nine
or ten tons. Bituminous coal takes
more room than anthracite.
Q-Statistics show that flying
sparks are much less of fire
hazard than they were a few
years ago. Is fire-resistant roofing
still necessary?
Ayes. In fact, the decline in
the number of roof fires is proof
that fire-resistant roofing has done
a good job. More than IS percent
of all the roofing used today is
asphalt roofing, according to the
Department of Commerce, while
National Fire Protection Associa-
ton records show that the number
of fires caused by sparks falling
on roofs has dropped II percent
in the last l3 years.
Q-How can calcimine be re-
moved from ceiling?
Alt will usually wash off if
warm water is used. If this doesn't
work well, put a little ammonia
or washing soda in the water.
Q-What is the best way of re.
moving old wallpaper?
A-Use warm water and broad
putty knife. Working in strips from
floor to ceiling, sponge the paper
with water until the paste is soft.
Then scrape off the wallpaper
with the knife. Don't press so hard
that the knife blade digs into the
plaster. If warm water alone won't
soften the paste, put a little wash
ing soda in the water, but be care
ful that none of this solution
splashes on woodwork.