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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-05-12
|Elkins Speaks
At Teachers
Spring Dinner

DR.. Wilson H. Elkins, President
of the University of Maryland,
will be the featured speaker at
the annual spring dinner of the
Montgomery County Education
Association on Thursday, May II,
at Wheaton High School.
Other activities at the meet
ing will include election of Of
ficers for the association for
twO-year terms beginning in
September, and the presenta-
ton of a gift to a member re-
firing in June, Miss Edna
Hauke, Vice Principal of Rich.
ard Montgomery High School.
DR.. Eikins, a native of Texas,
Rhodes scholar, and a former
varsity athlete at the University
of Texas, served as president of
San Angelo Junior College and
Texas Western College before
coming to Maryland U. last Sep,
TENDER. A Phi Beta Kappa, DR..
El<ins holds degrees from the
University of Texas, Oxford Uni
versity of England, and honorary
degrees from Washington Col
lege and John Hopkins Univer-
sity.
The dinner will begin at $50,
with the business session starting
at about 7:30. Joseph ]. Tarallo,
Principal of Richard Montgomery
High, current president of asso-
citation, will preside at the meet,
ing,
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-05-12
MONTGOMERY COUNTY SENTINEL
Thursday, May IL. 1855
Meyer Z-52 Grass Held Answer
To Problem of Lawn Rebuilding

Z-52 lawn to place throughout his
ordinary lawn.
All Meyer z-52 round plugs
now available are descendant
plugs of seeding No. So selected
by the U. S. Department of Ag-
riculture. Of the Zoysias, only
Meyer Z-52 has been labeled as
a superior grass by the Depart
ment of Agriculture.
The quantity available is still
limited, but it is carried at vari-
Gus department stores and can be
obtained by writing direct to
Zoysia Farm Nurseries at Finks-
burg, Md.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-05-12

The American Cancer Society
urges everyone to learn seven
danger signals that may mean
cancer, and should always mean
a visit to the doctor.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1955-05-12

JUNIOR COLLEGE OFFICER
Miss Susan ]. Curtis, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Alexander r. Cur
lis of 8405 Galveston Road, Silver
Spring, has been elected president
of the Montgomery Junior Col
lege student Council.
Evening star., 1955-03-08
Pilot Predicts Macios Will KO
Songkitrdt for Bantam Title

sanction the bout as a title
match and ordered it cut from
the usual Is to IL rounds.
Al Silvani, Songkitrat's Ameri-
can handler, who gave his
fighter only IA rounds of gym
nasium drills, said. We're ready
for him
Song. ~ 1t has lost only three
fights. One of the defeats was
by Jimmy Carruthers of Aus
tralia, the former champion, and
another a split decision to
Robert Cohen of France, whose
title was taken away early this
year by the NBA becaues he
failed to defend it within a 90
day period. The NBA currently
ranks MaciaS and Songkitrat as
the top two contenders for the
crown.
Tony Petronella, NBA presi-
dent, is scheduled to present a
world championship belt to the
winner in the ring Immediately
after the bout, which will start
at 10 pm. to fill national tele-
vision (WTOP-TV in Washing
tom commitments. A crowd OF
5000 and gate of $35,000 is
expected.
Evening star., 1955-03-08
Potomac River Journey
Lists Four Games Today

Four games are scheduled to-
day in the second round of the
double elimination Potomac RiV-
er Naval Command basketball
tournament at Naval Receiving
Station, AnacoStia.
Dahlgren plays Naval Research
Laboratory at $3.50 pm, Naval
Receiving Station plays Patuxent
Naval Base at $50. Naval Air
Station of AnacoStia meets Be
theSda Medical Center at 7.30
and Naval Security Station faces
Naval Powder Factory Of Indian
Head at $50.
In opening games yesterday.
Naval Air Station defeated Dahl
gren, 1854; Bethesda Medical
Center defeated Naval Research
Laboratory. 104-47: Naval Re
ceiving Station won over Naval
Security Station. 1858. and Pa
tuXent Naval Air Station scored
58-49 victory over Naval
Powder Factory.
Evening star., 1955-03-08
Doug Yates Only Repeater
On AlI-Northern VirQinia

Doug Yates Of George Wash
ington High, whose 1876 scoring
average for the season was sec
ond among Virginia Group
players, is the only repeater on
this years Associated Press ALL
Northern Virginia, Group l, bas-
ketball team.
Washington Lee. Northern
District winner for the second
straight year, placed three play
els on the team and Mount Ver-
non one. Co-Captains Sonny
Dugan and jim Woodbridge and
Phil Palmer were selected from
WI and Dave Davis from Mount
Vernon.
The second team consists of
Bob Blake and Frank Giambat-
tiSta, Falls Church; Mike Agee,
CIV; and Durwood Register and
Ralph Boswell, both of Fairfax.
Honorable mention went to
Gary TreOn, Mount Vernon; Dick
Cline. Falls Church; George Co.
burn. Wait Densmore and Jim
Conner, all Of CIV; Garn Webb,
B,ll Clark and Dennis King, all
Of Fairfax. and Al Baldwin. Tom
Bransford and Bob Haines, all of
WI
Evening star., 1955-03-08
Observation-Disclosures
For Game With Preps

OcenZie Hooks, co-Captain of
Armstrong; Interhigh cham
pionship basketball team, has
Supplanted Ben Marley of
Phelps. the Interhighs' scoring
leader, as a member of the ALL
High team that will meet the
All-Prep squad Friday night at
Fort Myer.
Warley notified Co-coaches
Charlie Baltimore of Armstrong
and Russ Lombardy of AnacoStia
that he would be unable to COM
pete in the game, a benefit affair
sponsored by the Big Brothers
Club for the athletic fund of the
Jelleff Branch Of the Boys Club
Of Washington. Hooks, orig
inallY named as an alternate,
was picked to replace Warley.
Meanwhile. the All-Highs con-
tinue to work out at the Ana
costa gvni under the direction
of Baltimore and LOmbardy. The
Al-Preps. rracticing at the Jei-
LEFT Branch gym, will take a day
off today as several members OF
the SQUAD will be playing in a
Catholic League double header
this afternoon at Carroll High.
Evening star., 1955-03-08
Sugar Rays Bout
With Lombardo Is
Off Until March 20

CINCINNATI, Mar. 8. - The
10-round boxing bout scheduled
for next Tuesday between Sugar
Ray Robinson and Johnny Lom-
( bardo, middleWeights, today was
postponed until March 30.
Robinson's handlers in New
ork asked for a change in date,
saying the former wciterWeight
and middleWeight ch mpi o n
needed the time to get in better
condition.
Art Wirth, local promoter, an
nounced the change, following q
telephone call from Vic Mar
sullo. one of RobinSon's handlers.
Robinson was suspended for
life in Massachusetts last night
as a result of pulling out of a
fight with George Small of
Brooklyn last Saturday night.
He pleaded Illness and with
drew from the contest a few
hours before he was scheduled
to enter the ring. Physicians
said he was not sick.
Evening star., 1955-03-08
81. Francis 10 Make
Debut Today in NAIA
Basketball Tourney
BY the Assoeioied Pres,

KANSAS CITY. Mar. S.-The
East, which has failed to come
up with a champion in the past
16 National intercollegiate
(NAIA) basketball tournaments,
sends highly regarded st. Fran
els of Brooklyn in quest of its
| first title today.
The st. Francis Terriers, who
have knocked off such teams as
| CCNY, Seton Hall and Siena in
regular season play, meet Quincy
H.. College in their first round
start.
st. Francis has a 1873 record.
Quincy has won Is and lost 8.
Play followed script in the
opening set of eight games yes
,terday except for one case where
Southwestern of Winfield. Kans.,
upset Loyola of Los Angeles,
| 83-7q.
In regular season play, Loyola,
a seeded team, beat such schools
as Santa Clara and Southern
California. Southwestern, with
an enrolment of about 400 is
one of the smallest colleges en-
tered in the SiX-day tournament
The faculty closed the school
yesterday and about half the
students showed up for the game
Lafayette Norwood, a 5-foot-6
/ Junior. led Southwestern &c 3 So
Al -halftime lead. but Loyola
pressed the kansanS to the limit
! in the second half.
Four games were PLAYED in the
afternoon and four at night wit?
the night program drawing about
5000 spectators to Kansas City's
Municipal Auditorium.
! Beloit (Wis.) College, the No
2 seeded team, had some trouble
in the first half with Thitworth
of Spokane. Wash, but bounced
back in the last period to win,
1915.
First-seeded Western Illinois,
with a 1872 record, plays its ini-
tial game tonight. The Illinois
team, which lost in the ,ourna-
ment finals last year, meets Regis
College of Denver. Regis has a
14-13 record.
Evening star., 1955-03-08
Writers Vote Hemric
Player Of Year in ACC

RALEIGH, N. c., Mar. g.
Dick Hemric, Wake Forests rec
ord-breaking scorer, is the At
lantic Coast Conference basket
ban player of the year.
The 6-6, 227-pound senior, a
second team All-America choice.
was selected for top ACC hon
orS by members of the Atlantic
Coast Sports Writers AsSocia-
ton covering the conference
tournament here last week end,
Three players received all the
woes. Hcmric picked up %,
with Ronnie Shavlik of North
Carolina States champions get
ting II and Richard BUZZ
Wilkinson, Virginia's No. 2 scor-
er IN the Nation receiving IL
votes.
Voting was based on perform
al. throughout the regular
Season and the tournament.
Shavlik also made the Asso-
rlated Press second All-America
team. witG Wilkinson getting a
third-teaiu berth.
Evening star., 1955-03-08
Delaney Is Looking
For Big Money After
Victory Over Wilson
sy the Assoeioied Press

NEW YORK. Mar. 8.-Ronnie
Delaney. a lefthanded middle
weight, is a sensible young man.
At 25 years of age he has acquired
3 wife and five children. He
even likes fighting.
But he likes money better.
I'm after some real money
IN this game now" Delaney said
today. I've been fighting for
small purses long enough"
If he can find some opponents
Delaney might get that pot of
gold. Right now he spends most
Of his time earning a living as
q laborer in the county engi-
neer's Office in Akron. Ohio.
He punched out a l0-round
decision over Sugar Al Wilson
last night in ST. Nicholas Arena.
On the heels Of his non-title
decision over Champion Johnny
SaXton he now has the creden-
tials to hold out for a big bundle
OF cash.
Delaney, who has lost only
one of SO fights, was 3-to-1
favorite. mostly on the basis of
his being a southpaw. They are
hard TO fight, but you wouldn't
think so to watch Wilson. He
Just kept boring in and 1t was
his misfortune that he didn't
Get in the solid blows.
The decision was unanimous,
although the officials saw it in
varying degrees. Referee Teddy
Martin had 1t 81, Judge Artie
Schwartz 7-3 and Judge Tony
Rossl Ga.
Delaney weighed l49 q, Will
son 14T.
NO. I'm not looking for a title
shot yet, said Delaney. II would
like to fight Carmen BaSilio,
though"
BasiliO will so against the
winner of the SaXton-Paddy De
Marco title bout on April 90.
At Eastern Parkway Arena in
Brooklyn. Gil. Turner dropped
Joe MIceli among the has-beens
with a TKO III "A seconds of the
eighth of a scheduled 10. Turner,
q Philadelphia nliddleWeight,
may fight Gene Fullmer of Salt
Lake City at the Parkway on
april 4. His manager, George
katz, wants him to campaign
strictly in the middleweight
division from now on.
Referee Petey Scalzo stopped
the bout when Miceli's left eye
almost closed. Turner weighed
1861 Miceli 147.
Evening star., 1955-03-08
Brogdon Top Scorer
In Bi-CountyL League;
WeIker Right Behind
STAFF Photo by Walter Oates.

Height dominated the scoring
race in the second year of Mary
land Bi-County League basket
ball, according to figures COM
piled after the final league game
Friday.
Jerry Brogdon, about 6-foot-2
and the only senior on North
Westerns second place finishers,
topped the scoring in league
games with l62 points in 10 tries
for an average of 162.
Following Brogdon in the top
five are George Welker, Be-
thesda- Chevy Chase's pivot man:
Ken Moreland, 6-foot-4 center
for Suitland; Dick Brown, g.
foot-3 captain of Montgomery
Blair's unbeaten champions, and
Bob Torillo of Bladensburg.
Only Torillo of that quintet is
under 6 feet and he is probably
the shortest player in the league
at 5-foot-5.
All Bi-County players that fin
ished in the top Is appeared in
10 games except Butch Brown
OF High Point, who was injured
and did not play in High Points
last four league contests.
Evening star., 1955-03-08
Misnterpretution Causes Rhuburb
Announced as Winner, Parker
Learns Wall Is Still Champion

handlers and fans by pointing
out an error in the interpreta-
ton of the judging and ordered
the fight declared a draw, with
Walls still the champion.
AS the crowd milled around
the ring and on the edge of the
canvas, Mcclure grabbed the
microphone and announced that
the bout was a draw since one
judge had called Walls the WIN
ner. the other had named Parker
and the referee voted for a
draw.
Judge Rony Canzano scored il
in favor of Walls, 81 points to
Sc Or. Les Black, the other
Judge, gave it to Parker. Sta
to 56. Burke called it even. CIV
ing so points to each fighter.
Mcclure. a ring announcer in
many fights, thought the fighter
who cot the most points was
the winner, which in this case
was Parker with 1872 against
1863 fY the 26-year-old cham
pion.
Evening star., 1955-03-08
Tebbetts, Signed
Through 1857, Has
1t Made With Reds
BY the Associoted Press

TAMPA, Fla. Mar, 8.-Base-
ball fortunes can change rapidly,
but as Of the moment Manager
Birdie TebbettS has it made
with the Cincinnati Reds.
Powell Crosley, jr., president of
the club. yesterday extended
the contract of the former catch
ing star through 1857, with a
salary estimated at $4,000
"Birdie is the type of man
age, we need. from the sample
he showed us last year" CrosIey
said. Il hope he'll be our man.
ager for as long as I am in base
ball.
Under Tebbetts the Reds fin
ished one game out of fourth
place last year, winning "a
games.
Tebbctts said that when he
ended his major league career
and went to Indianapolis as
manager, he figured he would
still be working his way UP
three years from now.
Now l hope l won't be work
ing my way down in three years, u
he quipped after signing his new
contract.
Evening star., 1955-03-08
Vejar and Graham Sign
For Return Bout ApriI |

SYRACUSE, N. Y, Mar. g.
Fight Promoter Norm Rothschild
today announced the signing OF
Chico Vejar and Billy Graham
for return bout here on April l
Vejar beat Graham in a split
decision in New York Friday
night.
The Syracuse bout will be
nationally televised by the Ma
tional BroadcaSting Co. with
Syracuse BACKED out and will
be co-promoted by Rothchild' S
Arena Boxing Club and the In
ternational Boxing Club.
WelterWeight Champion. John
ny Saxton meets Tony De Marco
in Boston the same night for the
championship but that fight is
not slated to be telecast OF
broadcast.
Rothschild said the Syracuse
bout contracts called for 10
rounds at a weight limit Of 155
pounds.
Graham, 80, has a record of
104 wins, ID losses and 8 draws
Vejar, "a, has won 55, lost 4 and
drawn once.
Evening star., 1955-03-08
BY the Associated Press

TORONTO, Mar. 8.-For a few
uproarious minutes last night,
James j. Parker thought he had
won the Canadian heavyweight
boxing championship. So did
$500 fans.
Streaked with the blood of his
opponent, Champion Earl Walls
of Toronto, the towering 25-
year-old challenger was an
nounced as the new heavyweight
king after a CORY 12-round battle.
Moments later. the split de-
cision was declared a draw with
Walls retaining his crown in one
Of the greatest rhubarbs in Ca
madam boxing history.
Ring Announcer Tommy Nc
Clure, after receiving the slips
OF the two Judges and Referee
Billy Burke, announced it a split
decision in favor of Parker, who
now fights out of Paterson. N. j.
Soon afterwards, Merv Mac
KcnzlA Ontario boxing commits
sioner, dumbfounded Parker. his
Evening star., 1955-03-08
BY the Assoeioied Press

SAN FRANCISCO, Mar. g.
Raul Macias of Mexico will win
the National Boxing, Association
world bantamWeight title tomor-
row night by a knockout, his
manager said today.
Pancho Rosales, speaking
through an interpreter, said he
figured MaciaS' opponent in the
12-round bout at the Cow Palace,
Chamrern Songkitrat of Thai
land. "is a good little man"
But Raul will knock him out
in five rounds Rosales added.
Macias, unbeaten in his II
fights as a professional, was a
2-to-1 favorite on the eve of the
nationally televised scrap be-
tween the two ll8-pounders. The
NBA has signified it will recog-
nize the winner as world cham
pion, even though the California
Athletic Commission refused to
Evening star., 1955-03-08

run and run some more. He
never scrimmages other teams.
he just stages drills. he explains,
A George Mason practice ses-
sion is one sustained fast break,
with only the patterns chang
ing. It's race-horse from the end
of classes until the showers.
His boys are in such top shape
that Grain can remember call
ing only one time-out all sea-
son. And that was so every
body could get in the game. We
didn't use any time-outs in the
tournament" he says.
Burned Out in Tournament.
This is about the same first
string that won District G in
Group III play two years ago
and then was eliminated in the
regional finals. Last year we
had a good records and 2
but we burned out in the tourna-
ment," Grain relates.
Since this is George Mason's
first year in Group II (the high
school enrolment is up to $50
now, and since this is its first
time in a State championship
playoff, Grain is inclined to call
his present club his best.
Tasker. Havens and Smith are
serving their fourth year on the
team. They grew up with the
school, SO to speak, beginning
when classes were held in an old
house in Falls Church and the
team practiced outside and
played a seven-game schedule.
The year following, Berger
Joined the club. and last year
Ebert played for the first time.
Weede is the only newcomer and
the only non-senior among the
top six.
The family is mature, now, you
might say. But, when asked if
the boys are still hungry, p"
Grain replies: They're starved ;
they know what it is to be beaten
in the first round" - DICK
SLAY.
Evening star., 1955-03-08
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Waterbury: Mike Dziadik, Derby
and Tony Adams, New Haven.
From Pennsylvania, Tony Bir-
sa. Pittsburgh: Albert ziants,
Johnstown; Bill Shaffalo, Ali
quippa; Paul PreviSh. Ambridge.
From Virginia. Joe Rabel. Nor
folk: Walter Rusak. Richmond.
From North Carolina. Mott
Elder, Greensboro. and Eber Lu-
cas-, Siler City.
From Georgia, Gene Sorbaugh.
Truman Cowart. Billy Allen and
Dick Nelson, all Atlantans.
Most of the t-of-towners
are unknown here, but not TO
Arville L. EberSole. executive sec
retary of the National Duckpin
Congress
There's lot of new duckpin
talent" he said today. land you'll
see much of it in this tourna-
ment
Like. for instance, Mott Elder.
who shot a 2l5 game in the
North Carolina qualifying test.
Winning teams of the 48-tcam
Womens Country Club League
will receive trophies at q cere-
mony this afternoon at Bethesda
Forty Alleys. The league is di-
vided into three sections, two
rolling at Bethesda and the other
at the Kalorama Bowling Center.
The winners were Washington
Golf and Country Club No ?,
Congressional No. 3 and Prince
Georges No. 2,
Mrs. Julia Friedensen Of Wood
mont, league president, will
make the presentations.
X );
Latest bronze medal winners
include three men who rolled 1T
each-Bamby Deane. Rockville
$50 Commercial League. who
finished with a triple strike;
John Harrison, District Minor.
who started with four straight
strikes, and Val LeVanS, Silver
Spring $40 Commercial, who
mixed eight straight marks.
Millie Stadtler, with l66, and
Nell Huff, 100. earned medals in
the city tourGament and Helen
Meany Of the Bethesda Women's
League at Silver Spring nabbed
one with 157. She got 20 sticks
in the last frame.
K X
Officers of the Metropolitan
Duckpin Operators Association
were elected in a meeting yes
terday at Hotel 2400.
They were julius Singer, pres
ident: C. r. Docl Gartrell vice
president; H. O. Stone, Secre-
tary; Ed WinSloW, treasurer:
Wayne (Hokie) Smith. sergeant
at arms. Named to the board
OF trustees, of which j. w. Mill
wood is chairman. were Paul
James and Charley Wade.
Evening star., 1955-03-08
Two New Combinations
Head Turner'S Mat Gard

Tomorrow nights wrestling
show at Turner's Arena will have
two new team combinations in
the feature match.
Working together for the first
time here will be Mr.. Moto, from
Japan, and Frank Jares, from
Utah, as the villains. and Fred
die Blassie. the Southern heavy
weight champion. and Jack
Witzlg, from Wisconsin, as the
heroes. This tWo-man team
match will be on a best-two-out-
of-three-fallS basis.
The promoters are adding ar
air Of mystery to the supporting
program by booking somebody
known only as Doctor x to meet
Larry Hamilton.
Evening star., 1955-03-08
Gu Natafors 0ufspIash
Howard in Finale, 4q-35

Bob Ziernicki, captain Of
Catholic University's swimming
team, and Pete Began, also Of
Gu. each were double winners
as the Cardinals, Mason Dixon
Conference champions. closed
out the season with a 49-35 vic
tory over Howard last night at
Howard.
Zicrnicki won the 22O-yard
and 440-yard frcestyle events.
Began won the 20O-yard back
stroke and the 80-yard freeStyle.
His time of 2::34.1 for the 300
yard backstroke broke the POOLS
record.
HoWard'S 300-yard medley re-
lay team also broke the pool rec
ord for that distance, setting a
new time of 3:24.1.
Evening star., 1955-03-08
Track

184 feet, compared to Gordiens
world mark of 1874 feet, inches
Some of the Southwest all
stars have a bit Of an advantage
in having already competed out
doors this season, but they are
expected to confine their SUI
prises, if any, to the sprints, the
080-yard run and mile relay.
Strong Texas Entries.
Texas has entered a 44O-yarC
sprint team with three of the
four runners who tied the worlc
record of 40.5 last year. The
Longhorns also have two run
ners, Bob Whilden and Alvin
Frieden. who have done 9.6 OF
better in the 100 this season
Pan American entries include
Willie Williams. the NCAA 100
yard dash champion from H.
linois.
Rice'S Harold Griffin. who has
been under 48 seconds this
spring, will challenge Jim Lea
the 440 champion from South
ern California. Also in the race
will be Don Morton of Southern
Methodist. who handed Griffin
his lone defeat last season in the
Southwest Conference meet.
Challenging Nal Whitfield
world record holder in the $3.50
at l48.6, will be Dick Forester
of Texas. Forester had a l:5O.9
last Saturday at Austin.
Most of the 34-man United
States team leaves tomorrow by
plane for Mexico City for the
March 1926 Pan American
Games. Santee will compete in
an indoor meet in Milwaukee
March IL and then fly to Mexico
Evening star., 1955-03-08
Seeking Virginia Group II Title
George Mason Has Sights Set
On Big Game in State Tourney

The Metropolitan Area had
only one winner in out-of town
basketball tournaments last
week end-George Mason Junior
Senior High School.
George Mason of Falls Church
mopped up three opponents at
Randolph-Macon College in
Ashland to win the champion
ship of District 2 in Virginia's S
Group II class.
Tomorrow the Mustangs de-
part for Blacksburg in search of
even greater accomplishments in
the Group II State champion
ships at VPI. Coach Joe Grain
frankly doesn't know what his
boys will run into this time.
They meet Buckingham in the
first round at 4 pm. Thursday
and Grain not only doesn't know
who it is. but where it is either.
He thinks he has the combi-
nation to go all the way, UNLESS
we run into good big team" he
says. They say a good big team
can beat a good little team, you
know"
Won II Out of 20.
Then Grain turns right around
and says that his little boys have
yet to play a, team their size. His
biggest regulars are both 6-feet
even, Bill Berger and Butch
Ebert. John Tasker and Dick
Weede are just a shade under
that. Dave Smith, the team
captain, and Ralph Havens have
been arguing for three years
about who is the taller at s.
foot-7.
Including the tournament last
week, this bunch has knocked
over II teams and lost only three
times. Each loss was reversed in
another meeting with the same
adversary. There we're some
good big teams" in that record,
too. such as Fairfax. Herndon,
Thomas Dale and Manchester
the last two being tournament
opponents.
What is Grains formula? Run,