Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-06

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DR.. EIkins Has the Ball
By LEWIS +. ATchlSoN

H Elkns' thoughts in Baltimore Saturday night when Joe
Deckman of the IN" Club touched Marylands future
role in sports in introducing Gov Theodore R. McKedn
Deckman, who makes the bul-in-a shop like
adog when he swings into action bunty said the schools
monogram winners didn't want to sports at Maryland
treated like stepchild because Jim Taum is gone, and
there just hint that the club would fight to keep
university sports in the big time within their proper limits
I'VE want top-fiight intercollegiate competition" Deck
declared speaking for his M Club brethren mot
watered down, ntramural program"
Dr. Ekns, university president appeared to be thought
fully interested in the remark.
former football player and All-American lacrosseman
himself in when the stick game pretty much
sport of the survival of the te Deckman stressed the
value of athletics in preparing young to face life
They ought to know isn't all peaches and cream, he
sad and should be prepared meet competition when they
face it."
To this observer it seemed that the IN" Club puned to
Dr. Ekins and waiting to see how he carries the ball
UNDOUBTEDLY THE MOST entertaining of the five
annual dinners given by the club Saturdays affair went
swmmingly from the time Perry Wilkinson took
master of ceremonies until Al Heagy, retiring president
banged his gavel signalling adjournment Gen. Carlos p
Ronuo Philippine Ambassador who received the outstand
ing achievement for humanity the
featured speaker and the vernacuar he vowed EN-
with Commute summation Of the fight communism
and warning that America must win friends in
Asia to bring to successful conclusion But the general
made them laugh too particularly in recalling newspaper
dispatch describing Gen. MacArthus return to Leyte 1t
read that Gen. Macarthur followed by Romulo. had
waded ashore in water waist-high
friend of mine" recalled the general message
his correspondent Check Romulo If Macarthur waded
ashore in water and Romuo followed him. Romulo
must have drowned"
A gifted speaker, Gen Romuo earlier reteling the
story CT luncheon given in his honor by Washngons
Philippine cab drivers when in Resident
Commissioner to the United States in 1914 Fipinos love
speeches he said and after another got to his feet to
make Along about O'Clock the general interrupted to
note that the country and that the cabs parked
idly outside badly needed for rushhour transportation
tlpn1n he will hose
taicabs to work to aid the effort back
tomorrow and will buy the lunch
The next day promptly at the appointed time the entire
audience returned and resumed the speechmakng where it
left of the day before
THE ENROLMENT OF the first four members in Mary
lands Hall OF Fame OF the evenings features
and Mrs Babe Ruth accepted husbands scroll
the evenings brefes talk-a polite thank you" Jimmy
FoxX, beddeo down with flu in Miami wired his regrets.
Robert Garrett Olympic discus and shotpu champion in
1896, and Frank Home Rum Baker of baseball fame
there however, and got kick out of it.
In Freedmen bull session Baker recalled his first big
league nome run IN Boston, where with two Athletics on base
and two out Pitcher Frank Areanes walked Danny Murphy
to get to rookie Baker.
They mistake" Murphy informed First Baseman
Jake stah This kid will hit it over the fence"
Baker made the prediction good first pitch busting
up the ball game. He will never forget it.
TOMMY MONT, 1T is noteworthy to report, handled
himself with the apomb OF veteran head coach in his debut
before the M Club audience Tatums Tommy
introduced his staf-Bob Ward, Whitley Dovell Joe Moss,
Johnny Idzik and big jim Peebles who hasn't been
around these parts he Redskins uniform but
hasn't changed bit Mont didn't make rash predictions
about &C. but promised to field fighting football team
presenting Center Bob Pelegrini, Maryland's ALL
America his award Tommy revealed that the $00O bonus
Peegrn received for signing with the Philadelphia Eagles
will be used to send his parents on vacation to Italy
Later the matter OF Ed VerebS contract negoa
tons with the Redskins who took him No. in the draft
got the impression that Vereb will play north of the
border Moss former Redskins tackle who went
to year rather than accept the Washington clubs
terms pointed that Vereb only has been offered more
money in Canada, but will be all through by the first week
November whereas the National Football League campaign
extends through mid-December But Moss didn't blame
George Marshall the Redskins president, much for the
current fiscal policy Head Coach Joe Kuharich
You'd think he spending his own money Moss
observed.