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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-11
Coolidge Wins Third

In another West Division
game, Coolidge. staked to a
commanding lead by Alan Saw
age. who Melted 10 of his 26
points in the first period, won
Its third league game and moved
into fourth place by downing
Western. $3.50. yesterday at
Coolidge.
Behind Savage in the Colt
scoring was Gary Miller who hit
for 20. Bobby Lomax paced
Western with %.
Phelps, clinging to the heels
of Spingarn. crept into second
place in the East Division stand
ings with a 1858 humping of
Chamberlain yesterday at East
ern.
The Tradesmen once again
blended their big men-6-foot- S
Ben Marley and 6-foot-7 Bill
Thomas. who gathered 10 and
q points, respectiyely-with lit
tie Herb Gray. who sank II for
the winning combination.
Bill Tallant OF Chamberlain,
the leagues second leading
scorer. was held" to 81 points.
Don Fugel got 16 more for
Chamberlain,
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Owners Refuse
Offer for Euoles

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. IL (P,
"A group which offered. but
failed, to buy the New York
Giants football team for a mil
lion dollars has also tried to
buy the Philadelphia Eagles.
The owners of the Eagles were
not interested, it was learned
yesterday. They said the team
is not for sale.
A combination of some 80
prominent Philadelphians owns
the Eagles. Originally, 100 buy
erS contributed $4,000 each to
buy the team from the late
Alexis Thompson seven years
ago.
Several weeks ago, Bert Bell.
NIL commissioner. disclosed
that a group had offered 81
for the Giants but had
been turned down.
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Huskies Reported Receiving
Extra Payments Up to SIS

SEATTLE, Feb. IL (PD.-About
20 University of Washington
football players received monthly
checks from a downtown fund"
in addition to their pay from
permissible campus jobs, The
Times said yesterday. The
newspaper quoted a number of
players but didn't identify them
by name.
Some married players wives
were chagrined." the article said,
because their husbands were in
the lower brackets Of monthly
favors from the fund, admin
istered through Seattle bank
by Roscoe c. (Torchyl Torrance.
The newspaper said imported"
players were rewarded more
richly than local athletes and
that the fund "fomented finan-
cial. domestic and playing field
jealousies."
Torrance said the fund was
set up primarily for providing
transportation, entertainment
and expenses" for prospective
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-11
Jim Heurn Leading
In EorIy Wynn Golf

SARASOTA. Fla, Feb. II (Hl.
Jim Hearn, New York Giants
pitcher, shot par 70 yesterday for
a l-stroke lead in the first. round
of the Early Wynn Golf Tourna-
ment for baseball players.
Close behind Hearn were Fred
Hutchinson. st. Louis Cardinals
manager, with 10, and John
Fray of the Kansas City Ath-
letics. "a.
Tied at n were a pair of old
timers, Paul Waner. runnerup
last year. and Yves Terrell.
Other leaders included Billy
Goodman, Boston Red Sox. and
Cleveland Manager Al Lopez,
tied at 70: Billy Sullivan, for
merly with the Chicago White
Sox and other clubs. 80; Defend
ing champion Heinie Manush, 81,
and Dick Cole, Pittsburgh, 81.
Wynn. Cleveland pitcher and
co-SponSor of the tournament.
shot "a. He and the Elks Clubs
OF Sarasota and Venice put on
the tournament annually for
Elks charities.
The tournament continues
through tomorrow.
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St. Johns Rebounds
By Routine Anucostiu

st. Johns ran up its thirc
highest score OF the season yes.
terday in tfouncing Anacostia
1851. for its 18th victory in Il
games. Puddy Sheehan tossed
in % points and Jim Collins Il
as the Johnnies snapped bacl
after defeats by Mount st. 10.
seph and the Maryland Univer-
sity Frosh.
Calvin Knott topped everyone
with 81 points for Anacostia
which dipped below the SOC
mark with 7-8 record.
st. Adams breezed to its ninth
victory in II games yesterday
I71-53, over visiting Bell Voca-
Itional High, which was losing its
18th in a row. John Bennett led
four Saint scorers in double fig
ures with Is points, but Ken
Jones Of Bell was high scorer
with 16.
Landon pulled itself back to
the 500 mark again yesterday
with a 1894 victory on its home
court over Friends. Blackie
Bruner tossed In 10 points to
lead the Bears seventh win of
the season. and third against one
loss in the Interstate Academic
Conference.
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DunviIIe Closes
Golf Course in
Segregation Case

I DANVILLE, Va. Feb. ii (P.--
The city has closed the nine -hole
Cain Greek municipal golf course
because the policy of separate
playing days for whites and
Negroes has been violated"
City Manager T. Edward Tenn
pile made the announcement last
night after a City Council meet
ing.
-Four Negroes signed the reg
lister at the course yesterday
day reserved for white players
and shot a round of golf without
incident.
On Wednesday, also set aside
for white golfers. two Negroes
asked permission to play. After
getting the go-ahead from Ar
thur Russell, pro in charge of
the course. they left without
playing.
Temple said the segregation
policy was established when, the
city took over operation of the
course several years ago.
About 40 per cent of the play
ing time on the course had been
set aside for Negroes.
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Gu Cracks WIN
Swimming Streak

Catholic Univcrsity's swimming
team handed William d. Mary its
first defeat. 1891. yesterday and
elevated its own record to A in
a meet at c. U. Results.
300-yard medley relay, ~ William (
Mary perry Roberts Phillips): ~ CT
Smith. Kinney. Cranneldl, 3:4a
.@O-yard freestyie: "a 2iefnicki tCul
~ Calaren tW&Mp: 80 Deliver tCU1
60-yard freestyis; Il, Bosan tcu>
g, orifnth tw&MI: 'n MUDD 'cu)
l6n-yard medley: ~ Sander fw&Mt
~ Thuss tCUb. 90 Worlfarth tCut
Diyins: a. Fox tcu,: 20, cacalan,
(W&Ml: a. Paddock tCub. 500.
l0u-yard freestyle: III Mudd tCUi
% oriffth CW&M; 80 Sander tW&Mi
200-yard backstroke: "a Began tcur;
(2l Mock WYNN; 80 Perry tW&Ml
440.yard frecstyle: % ziernicki tcul;
g! calaren tW&MD; 49, Thuss tCui
sa0-yArd breastroke: IL, wohlfarth
tCul; 80 Kinney tCu); t3) Cocalant
400-yard relay: ~ Gu ,oulnter
Nude, Zlernicki and Bosan,; CO WAN
SANDER Phillips. Roberts. Grin1thl
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MEETS ST. JOHNS TUESDAY
Cordozo Five Extends
Winning Streak to Il

from the Riders to win with
little difficulty yesterday.
Helping out Jones was Neal
Woodruff. who hit for II, and
Elliott Marley, with IA points.
Harold Burke was best for Roose-
welt will. IA while Demetre Kout-
ras Clipped in with. IL.
Jones total fell five short of
his Interhigh record Of IS points
which he set four weeks ago
against Western. Jones had a
chance at a new mark but was
pulled by Coach Lou Williams
with three and a half minutes
remaining. When Williams
learned Jones was close to the
record. he put him back in. but
time had virtually run out.
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athletes. Pacific Coast Confer
ence regulations permit alumni
to foot the travel bills of athletic
prospects. Torrance said the
fund was boosted by $4,000
from a professional football game
played last summer in the uni
versity stadium.
The payments to some players
ranged up to SITS a month from
the fund, according to the news
paper. Conference rules permit
payment of $100 a month to an
athlete by the school on campus
jobs.
The troubled athletic situation
at the university had resulted
in the firing of John Cherbere.
head football coach. by Athletic
Director Harvey Cassill, who
resigned Thursday night.
Joe Kuharich, Washington
Redskins coach who recently
signed three-year contrac..
with the pros. has been rumoreG
as a possibility to become head
coach at the University of Wash
ington.
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HIGH SCHOOL
BASKETBALL
YEsTERDAY's RESULTS

Annandsle, rs; Fairfax, go.
Annapolis, z; Richard Montsom
BBlI Be a.nSn. g: sa suit e q,
csrdozo' 6s; wilson. 81.
Coolidge. 6s: Western. SO.
s sassSs 81 So ST. HG SntSany co s5 4S
Dunbar, 90; Roosevelt, III. 80
Fairmont Heights, 100: Seller
poi Fsir rs +, Heisht' ". 81: SELLER
0op Pa u Church ss w. 49, Mount Yer
40 Frederick * sassc.r. So: owynn Park
Friends w. SO: ct. Adams W, IS
Gaithersburs, Is; Sherwood 81,
=. Georse Mason 50; Loudoun County
qonzasa. 55; Carroll. AZ.
,oI Hosai.man-Bo'ton' IS; Luther Jack
Lsndon, %; Friends, "a.
LaPiata. So; Margaret Brent, 81.
MONTGOMERY Blair, SO; B-Cc. So.
Mount Vernon. 5l: Falls Church, 43
Eorthwestern. -; High Point. 40.
ppssIk,er-oIay' 20: Walker-0r Is.
81. Adams n. Bell, 50
~. Johns. - Anacostia, 81,
g. s sieDh.S ~ e. e. HMn sf.sdla ~ 40
si1srs,,S,; ~ az Gsithersbprg w. 81
Tech. 81: Eastern, ~. "
WashinRton- Lee. 81: wakeheld. 20.
wheaton, 10 Pooiesville, 80.
GAMES TODAY
SninEarn vs.. Armstrong at Tech. 3.
st. Paups at Episcopal 800
Bulls at Georgetown Frosh, 2.
-, w. va. School for Deaf at Kendall
GAMES TOMORROW
Carroll, ..
Calvert Hail at Carroll. $3.50.
Malta. 2.
Of. Anthony ct psAlatha. a.3o. A
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.Sisler Impressive
In Red Sox Come

SARASOTA, Fla. Feb. IL (P)
Pitcher Dave Sisler. only re-
Gently out of the Army, was the
winning pitcher yesterday as the
Boston Red Sox red team beat
the blues, 81, in an intra-
squad training season game.
The work Of young Sisler, son
of Hall-of- Fame George Sisler,
drew praise from Manager Mike
Higgins. Sisler is on the roster
Of the Sox San Francisco farm
club.
Marty Keough's ninth-inning
double drove in the winning gun.
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HALBERG RUNS MILE
IN 4:O1.8 ON GRASS

AUCKLAND, New Zealand.
Feb. IL Pl.-Murray Hal
berg. 22-year-old New Zea-
land miller, today ran a mile
in 4 minutes 1.8 seconds
the fastest ever recorded on a
grass track.
The time was four-tenths
of a second faster than Hal
berg's previous best.
There is no official world
record for a grass track mile.
The cinder track mile record
is 1888. held by Australians
John Landy.
A couple of years ago, Hal
berg was virtually unknown.
but he shot into the head
lines with a 4;04.4 mile on
February Is. 1854, at Auck-
land.
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Dunbar Awoits Spineorn
After Roosevelt Win

Dunbar High. assured of a
piayoff spot in the coming Inter-
high tournament after trouncing
Roosevelt, 90-54. in a West di-
vision game at Tech last night, is
awaiting an inter-division battle
with unbeaten Spingarn on Feb
ruary % in hopes Of proving its
real strength.
With Willie Jones, the leagues
leading scorer. pumping in 40
points with his leaping one
handler from the outside. Dun
bars woodworking speedsters
raced Roosevelt into a state of
WEAKNESS early in the second
period and then spurted away
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Blair Five Stays
In Title Chase.
With Upset Win

Mont. Blair . Suitland o
Montgomery Blair High, which
began the season with one of
the more inexperienced basket
ball teams in the area. is stay
ing in the race for the Maryland
BIZ County League championship
which it won with an unbeaten
record last year.
One of the reasons for the
Blazers tenacity in the scram-
BILE so far has been its unexpected
dominance Of rival Bethesda
Chevy Chase. preseason CO.
favorite with Northwestern to
win the league title.
Blair upset B-CC for the Sec
ond time, 1882, last night in
Bethesda to run its string to
four victories in a row and take
q 20-l6 edge in the 24-year
series with the Barons. B-CC
now has only a mathematical
chance of coming out on top
after its l0-game league sched-
ule.
The home team led, 24-23. at
halft1Ine and most of the third
quarter but Bill Froman's hook
shot at the start of the final
put Blair into the lead to stay
Led by Froman, Ed Clements
and Dick Smith. the Blazers
built. an eight-point lead and
eased home.
Midway in the fourth quarter
Smith injured his left knee and
was taken to Washington SAM
tarium for X-rays. Coach Ed
Moffatt said after the game,
THE reason Bethesda closed the
gap in the last few minutes was
because we didn't have Smith to
rebound for u.s."
Blair's Mac Beasley was the
games leading scorer with l6
points and Clements added 10 to
the victors' total. Smokey La
mond and Hank Sanderson had
IA and Is for B-CC. which
slipped to a 9-6 record. Blair S
overall record is 8-5.
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Tech Snaps Slump

Tech High. on the verge Of
one of its worst Interhigh sea-
sons. snapped out of its slump
to romp over Eastern, 87-74.
yesterday to keep its East Divi-
sion playoff hopes alive.
The Trainers, their break
working efficiently on their home
court, burst open the game near
the end of the first half after
holding an 1917 advantage in
the first quarter. Eastern
couldn't keep pace even with a
36-point effort from its sopho-
more star. Jim Pratt.
Pacing Tech were Bob Bolen
with "a points. Don Wade with
%. Dennis Torboli with IS and
Bob Bordeaux with IA.
The Interhigh League sched-
ule winds UP next week end.
when all teams will have played
six games in their divisions. The
top four finishers in each divi-
sion will enter the league play
offs February 27-28, March l-3
at Tech.
Ties for fourth place will be
broken by extra games during
the week of February 20-24. Ties
among the top four teams. how
ever. will be resolved by a coin
toss for seedlings.
The games next weke end
are Phelps VS.. AnacoStia. East
ern VS.. Chamberlain. Tech VS..
Armstrong. Western VS.. Bell,
Roosevelt VS. Cardozo and Dun
bar VS.. Coolidge.
The Interhigh standings at
the beginning OF this story, plus
the result of the Armstrong
Spingarn game tonight, will give
the chances of each team max
ing the playoffs.
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INTERHIGB LEAGUE STANDING.
BY BOB HANSON

Cardozo High lost its opening
season basketball game. to
chamberlain in a non-league
contest, and since then has
knocked off 13 opponents in a
row, most by convincing scores.
wilson, minus Lew Luce. out
with virus pneumonia, was Car
dozo's 18th victim. succumbing
by a 68-37 score yesterday at
Roosevelt.
Whether the number l3 proves
to be a jinx to the Clerks will
be determined by this time l4xt
week. Cardozo, The Stars
fourth-ranked scholastic team
and st. Johns. ranked fifth
hook up Tuesday. Friday night
at Tech, Cardozo, closes out its
League schedule against RooSe-
welt, unranked. but a vastly i'm
proved team since the start OF
the season.
Roosevelt Tough
Roosevelt will be a real tough
one. They've come along fast.
Frank Bolden of Cardozo said.
I"But before that we have st.
Johns to worry about. y We're
Just hoping they don't run us
of the floor"
OF the two games, Cardozo
would relish a win over Roose-
welt, perhaps. more than over
list. Johns. A victory over the
Riders would give the Clerks a
$50 league record and the coveted
Itop-seeded position in its di-
vision for the playoffs later this
month.
Despite Cardozo'S lopsided VIC
tory over the Tigers yesterday,
Bolden was displeased with the
general play of his team and
made frequent substitutions
throughout the game.
With all of the maneuvering.
Wilson found itself behind from
the outset, although making a
game of it for nearly three quar-
tiers.
Cardozo went into a 1873 first
Quarter lead and 1920 at half
time. In the third quarter the
Clerks opened up the gap to win
going away.
Tigers Miss Luce
The Tigers sorely missed Luce,
despite the fine playing of Pete
Abbott and Bill Bues. But Car
dozo held a big edge of the
boards. led by Al Dutch. 6-foot-4
football end.
Cardozo spaced its scoring with
Tom Stephens getting IL points
and Johnny Jones and ODonnell
Hooks 10 each. Bues was high
for the Tigers with II points.
( Wilson finished its league sea-
son with a Az record. good
enough for a playoff berth. Its
overall record Is 6-8.
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BY DICK TIERNEY
Photo by Gene Abbott

They are convinced at Wash
ington-Lee High School that
they will beat league-leading
George Washington of Alexan-
dria next Friday night in Ar
ington.
After WI ran over Wakefield.
57-29, last night Coach Ralph
Guinther of WI said, This is
a better club than last years
championship team. Last. year
We had two stars this year
we have five.
We're going to beat George
Washington" he added. They
beat us last time t55-53) but we
missed eight of nine foul shots
in the last quarter. We should
have won that one. too"
Guinther was not alone in his
beliefs. The team itself was
jubilant after winning its 18th
game in Is. and predicted a
victory over CIV.
Wakefield, now Go in overall
play. ran into a tight WI zone
on the victorS' court and. in ad-
dition. had an "off" night. The
Warriors scored only eight points
in the first half. making two
goals in IS attempts and COM
plotting four foul shots in 10 to
trail, 1858.
The second half was not much
better for the Warriors, who were
being eliminated from a berth
in the State Group I tourna-
ment.
Coach Robbie Robinson Of the
losers tried several combinations
and wound up playing most of
his Juniors. Guinther, whose
team did not look too impressive
extensively until the second half,
used his first six men until the
ANAL minute.
The Generals were led by Tom
Hyde's Is points. and they made
% goals in SO attempts and IL
for IS foul shots. AL Lederle's 10
points were high for Wakefield,
which finished with seven goals
for IS and II for Is foul shots.
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Little Generals Capture
Sd Straight Virginia Tile

LEXINGTON. Va, Feb. IL
(SpeciaD. - Washington Lee
High of Arlington owns its third
successive Virginia Group ! high
school indoor track championship
as the result of a balanced
squad. but the fellow they're
talking about after the meet is
Jonas BUTCH Spiegel of Thomas
Jefferson High of Richmond.
Spiegel covered go yards in 81
seconds last night. failing to tie
the world record by one-tenth OF
Ia second. 1t set a new VM1
| fieldhouse record and shattered
the Virginia high school mark.
Two other records were broken
and another tied. Charles Chalk
ley of Wakefield won the 40
yard dash with a 54.3 perfor-
nance. a duplicate of his effort
in the afternoon trials, to bet
ter the old mark Of 56.2 set last
year by John DobSon of Wash
iington-Lee. Dobson broke the
record himself in the afternoon
trials but was unplaced in the
final.
John Dempsey of Washing
ton-Lee tied the broad Jump rec
ord with leap of 20 feet II
inches. while CRANKY High of
Norfolk set a mile relay record
of 3:42.3 in nipping Washing
Iton-Lee by yards. The Little
Generals also broke the record.
Westinghouse picked up
points in all but four events in
compiling "a points. CRANKY
provided the strongest challenge
with 28Hz points. Wakefield was
third with 20. followed by George
Washington of Alexandria. 1915;
Thomas Jefferson of Richmond,
ID: Newport News, l12a; Wilson
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Mount Vernon Wins

Mount Vernon reversed a pre-
vious defeat by Falls Church last
night and escaped the Northern
District Group / cellar with a
SLAB victory at Falls Church.
Bob Browns 20 points paced
the visitors to their fourth win
in Is games against all opposi-
ton. Frank Giambattista scored
10 for the Jaquars. who lost for
the eighth time in Is starts.
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BIodensbure Wins

BldQeQSDurR remained Oh LIle
heels of Northwestern in the BIZ
County League race with a o.
81 win over Suitland yesterday
at Bladensburg. Stan Shriver,
the leagues top scorer, tossed
in % points for Suitland, but the
Mustangs countered with four
players in double figures. led by
Leon Annandale with Is points,
to win for the 18th time in IA
games overall.
Wheaton won its 10th game
in IA starts. 1880 victory
over Poolesville, on its home court
last night. jerry Power of Whea-
ton was high man with II points
and teammate Bob Armstrong
was runnerup witr Is.
Gaithersburg'S 1897 upset
victory over Sherwood at Gal
thersburg last night will require
IA play-off game between the two
Montgomery County Glass B
schools. Bob Costello and Bob
Truitt led the winners to their
third victory in II games with
l3 points and IL points. Sher-
wood had beaten Gaithersburg
earlier this season.
Gwynn Park absorbed its eighth
straight defeat and 18th in IA
games, 52-44, last night at Fred
erick SasScer. 1t reversed an
.early-season decision by Gwynn
Park and put Sasscer's record
at 6-8.
Ducie Smith and Harold Ellis
were the scoring stars for Fair
mont Heights again last night.
scoring "a and % points. re-
.spectively. during a 100-55 VIC
tory at Sellers Point. The visitors
won No. Z against four defeats.
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AnnundoIe Sets Mark
Upsettinq Fuirfux Five

Annandale High broke It's home
court scoring record while hand
ing a 1850 upset loss on Fairfax
in a Northern Virginia Group
game last night. The previous
high mark for Annandale was
set while 1t was losing. 97-70. to
WI on January II.
Bruce Hewitt Of Annandale
was top scorer for the evening
with "a points followed by team
mates Bob Proctor and Dick
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Wakefield WrestIers
Defect SuitIund, 1920

The Wakefield High wrestlers
defeated Suitiand. 1920. at Suit
land yesterday for their sixth
victory in seven matches. Rom
ME Heinemann ran his unde-
feated string to IL matches in
the l35-pound class for Wake
field.
Val Houghton, also of Wake
field. pinned his eighth straight
victim in the unlimited class.
Dave Sangco Of Suitland ran his
unbeaten string to eight in the
l06-pound class.