Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-10-27
WIN, LOSE or
DRAW !, FRANCE. ,rAuu
OF This and That

WHEN VICE PRESIDENT BUzzY BAVASI or the
Brookyn-oops Los Dodgers phoned for peris-
sion to talk Of job for Chuck Dressen he found he did
not have to get down his knees to Cal Grth With
Dresser working the Dodgers the Washington Baseball
Club figures $4,000 in salary plus Dressens
penses That's what jolly Choly to get in the next
two years his vague assistant to the president
AS far anybody see all Dresser permitted TO
do IN that capacity to pave the way for the acquisition
Of Shortstop Rocky Bridges.
Football is stealing time from likes golf schedule In
addition to attending the Air ForceGeorge Washington
game and yesterdays isO-pound ArmyNavy clash at AM
napos the President is due to reunte with his classmates
Of 1915 next Saturday at the Colgate at West Point
on his 1857 batting average with Savannah Of the South
Atlantic League "a .22S). Rookie Haven Schmidt
doesn't figure to do much catching for Cincinnati next
year. but long as he's wearing q Redlegs uniform
he'll probably be the biggest backstop with any big league
club Schmidt stands 6foot4 and weighs 40 at the tender
age Of n.
WASHINGTON is A POOR COLLEGE football town.
according to Rear Admiral w. r. Smedberg III, in his
October superintendent memorandum to the membership
Of the Naval Academy Athletic Association Defending the
need for the So0OO-seat Navy-Marne Corps Memorial
Stadium at Annapolis Admiral smedberg wrote In part:
THE policy Of the Naval Academy Is that the Brigade Of
Mdshipmen should its team play i've games each year.
This certainly minimum number of times for Mdship-
men to their team in action Appearing in WASHINGTON
as home ground is out Of the question washington does
support college football The time Navy appeared
there 1884 Two fine teams drew less than 10000
paid admissions Baltimore Is rapidly converting to pro-
fessonal football city Attendance in Baltimore except
for the Notre Dame games averages less than 10000
spectators"
Abe Atel who wants his memoirs written isn't asking
any hack to do the job The featherwght cham
pion trying to get Jim Bishop whose columns appear in
The Star, to undertake the assignment, The South
American betor who has been wagering thousands on the
crack troter Torpid show thereby creating minus pools
at various harness racing tracks being tolerated at
Roosevelt Raceway. II don't know the man from South
America Executive Vice President Al Valentine says "but
he viii be free TO and bet he peases At another
track the chalk-playing Latin thwarted when he
attempted to bet heavily Torpid to show The seller did
the trick by slowly examining each BILL purpctedy looking
for counterfeits.
POSSIBLY NEVER IN THE PAST have so many home
town boys been prominent In college football as this
partial list would include Fulback Jim Bakhtiar
Of Virginia (va Western High; Quarterback Bob Rusev
Ivan (S Johns and Fullbaek Phil Perlo oosevelt both
with Maryland Guard Lon Herzbrun Of Tennessee Wilson
High Halfback George Dutrow Of Duke tTech) Hafback
Jimmy Motley Of Princeton Cw High. Guard Jim Healy
Of Holy Cross (St. Johnsl, Halfback Mike Sommer Of
George washington CWlsonl, End Tom Hyde Of Navy
OWL High, and Halfback Bob chatln Of Clemson
(Anacostia)
District reminds Heinis Miller, in retirement and the
promoter who given the No. license Godie Ahearn,
s No l. in fact, he's the only fight promoter In town.
Roy Harris the heavyweight contender from Cut And
been getting in the magazines He points out that he Is
schoolteacher and a college graduate The University
Of Vermont football lineup reads like color chart The
Cats two ends Bill Grey and Ben Black their quarter
back Dick White guard is Frank Brown and hafback
Is Roy Greene.
The Harlem Globetrotters, who come to Uline Arena
November r. organized Just 81 years ago by Abe
saperstein who rounded up i've young Negro basketball
players for game at Hnckey. Ill., small town so miles
from Chicago. . When Coach Bill Remnant states that
GWs basketball team lis much better than 1t at
comparative time last year." he isn't going far out
limb The Colonials had horrendous 32i record in 1867
FIRST SAN FRANCISCO gets the Giants and now it's
reported 1t viii get Charley Norkus journeyman heavy
weight who win undergo buildup for title fight with
Floyd Patterson. Meanwhile unbeaten Eddie Machen,
whose handlers to be in hurry to engage Pater
son, probably win meet Hurricane jackson next . Bob
Wolh, his motor still racing win 60 into his fourth
secuve teecaster for Madison Square Garden
events-pro and college basketball and ice hockey
Coey Wallace who once decisioned Rocky Marciano in
the amateurs has abandoned all plans Of boxing and has
switched to vocalizing Coeys record is titled Baby
Don't Knock Me Out" Three days after his big win
over Sugar Ray Robinson the middleweght champ.
Carmen Basio drew automatic suspension from the
New York State Athletic Commission which also msspeled
his name to "Basllio"