Evening star., 1955-01-30

against whitfield Sheppard the rose Games
Saturday night
regular loser to Fort Sill in San Diegos Pon
seta Bowl game will be honored February when the annual
banquet the players held at the Boiling Air Force Base
with Brig Gen. Soyte O. Ross among those present Incl
dentay it is reported that Fort Sill and Boiling trying
to work out home home football arrangement Indi-
cations are Boiling will be ready
WORD FROM NEW YORK is that the football Giants
passed up Dick Bed of Maryland frst-round choice
Coach Jim Lee Howell didn't believe the Terps star
who scales 20 big enough to fill his fulback needs So
the Giants took Joe Heap Notre Dame hfback their No
selection and then grabbed their sleeper" fuback, Mel
Trple of Toledo University, the fifth goaround They
traded away their choices it is obvious
they didn't waste much time in getting Tplett 24yearold
who weighs 215 and the father of four children
Similarly, the Redskins whose No. and selections
had been bargained away didn't like the possibility of missing
te-pubcized Ray Perkins. Syracuse back Actually
Perkins second choice behind Ralph Gugem George
Marshall probably recalls the draft meeting nearly Is
ago when Ray Faherty thought he the only
the pro coaches who knew about Tony Canadeo then
obscure haback from Gonzaga Fahertys alma mater But
Curly Lambeau then the Packers COACH took Canadeo
early round and Tony starred at Green Bay until his hair
was nearly white
John Irvine, Maryands center and co-captan, will be
given testimonial dinner tomorrow night by his home
rooers in City Pa Coaches Jim Tatum and Jack
will attend will Bielsk the other cocaptain
and Halfback Ronne Waller.
APPARENTLY TED LYONS was the only one of the four
new members Of baseballs Hall of who didn't get
confirmation OF his election through radio Joe D
Maggie turned his after truck driver recognized him in
York and shouted congratulations Dazzy Vance did the
same after motorcycle policeman stopped him in omosassa
F1a and told him his house filled with photographers
waiting for him. And Gabby Harnett heard the driving
home in Chicago. Even Lyons travelling at the time
but by train, looking for a baseball job
There's at least unpubicized oddty about the Hall of
selections thus far players have been
honored the first Ave chosen in 1885, but the list
includes only Chriy Mathewson among the group of just
nine pitchers who have three games in single World
Series have been 81 of these series since the
seup begun but aside from Matty three hutouts 1905
only Deacon Philippe Bill Dinneen Babe Adams, Jack
Coombs Joe Wood Red Faber Stan Coveeskie Harry
Brecheen managed to win three times in set.
Matty of these other pitchers close
to the Hall of Fame player although Dinneen made 1t
as an umpire Coombs who had World Series record
games in 1870 the year beat the Cubs three times
fall And Faber who three from the Giants in 1917
and envened the series by stealing third with the base
occupied may have better credentials He 254
games for the White Sox only six fewer than Lyons toaed
for the same club.
THE RECENT DEFEAT of the nish-bred Poona II at
Santa gotten Handicapped Jimmy Kroe
on the hook at least temporarily He had assigned Poona
only 1S pounds for the 100000 Santa Anita Handicap is
less Determine who rad by 10 lengths weeks
when the irish horse worlds record. Before Poona
failed pounds West Coast critics saying Koe
had made the mistake that Webb Everett made i've
years ago Moor another Irish-bred got light and
beat the great Citation.
1t viii be interesting whether Doge unde-
feated sprint after his
when the speedy 3year-old tries distance the
at Haleah The colt sired by The Doge who
most Maryland fans recall his best under mile But
through dam Lady, the Florida sensation has
n