Evening star., 1960-12-25
WIN, LOSE OR
'DkAW By FRANCIS s1ANA
Of This and That


at Grith Stadium to say good-by after the final game
week ago-Mike's last the coach, too-was Johnny
Oszews whose status player in 1861 is undetermined
Nixon shook hands warmly and said You're one of the
finest Johnny Lots of luck whatever you do. Casey
StengeTs tribute the late Art Nehf the clutch
pitching Souhpaw of the 1920s He the only efthander
who thought like Highlander"
Georgetown University has lost its star freshman
roundballer the by freak accident. Chuck
Devlin 6foot5 prospect from Philadelphia is crches
after having suffered serious knee injury during an
ROTC drill in McDonough gymnasium. Don't look
for many missed extra points In tomorrows National
League playof Hornung of Green Bay Packers
has converted times out of attempts and Bobby
Waston of the Philadelphia Eagles has missed just once
in 40 tries this year.
Charley Hurth former president Of the Southern
Association who general manager Of the expected New
York entry in the National League in 62 reveals that
Danny OConne approached him about signing contract
before the veteran second baseman joined the Senators
agent I'VE would have been glad to take Danny
Hurth said, "but asked him. Where put you next
year?' Naturally he didn't want to to the minors.
That's why he quit the Giants. And couldn't ask him
to wait year."
GEORGE HALAs, under fire in Chicago result
Of the Bears dismal hnish looks back November 13
BLACK Sunday" IN what Halas calls 'the most
savagey fought football game saw" the Baltimore
Colts beat the Bears 20 in the final II seconds Both
teams literally knocked themselves out" Owner-Coach
Halas says. "The Colts never won another game We
two and then lost three in a row."
In those final three. losses the Bears scored only l3
points, prompting George Marshall whose Redskins An
ished 1872 for the season, to wire Haas: "1tS good
thing both control clubs Otherwise, we'd be fired
The Red Sox, who lost couple Of big bonus players
in Marty Keough and Haywood Sullivan to the Senators
in the recent expansion draft also mourning the loss
of another pair of recent bonus kids to the Los
Angeles Angels. "We thought could put them on the
expendable list and sneak them through Vice President
Dick OConnen lamented, referring to Shortstop Jim
Fregos Pitcher Newman. Apparently, the Angels
had pretty good book the minor eaguers. Fregos,
IN
HARRY WIsMER, whose group lost bundle with the
New York Ttans, the American Football League will
make profit yet This year the TtanS while doing well
enough the field repeatedly did not attract many
than $4,000 paidup customers to the home
in the Polo Grounds.
How many remember that Jim Thorpe, the great
Indian athlete president of the National Football
League only in those days it called the American
League? Those three other coaching candidates George
Marshall says he consulted" at time when Bill McPeak
already had the job remain unidentified Winken, Bnken
and Nod?
Pete Quesada's idea of selling personaized Christmas
gift certificates calling for seat at of the
Senators but not the opener surpassed all expeca
tons More than 81 900 worth of certificates moved
in the ve-day SALE which will be resumed after Christmas
"rSt fan" basis About the time, the Senators
season ticket plan will be announced and initial player
contracts will go in the mail
EARL L. SHUTZ of Washington asks: paul Hornung
who was quarterback at Notre Dame is breaking all
scoring records in the pro league halfback. Why
don't the Redskins move Ralph Guglelmi to hafback?
He seems to be better runner than passer." Maybe
that's because there few real runners on the
Redskins.
1t will be possible when the Grand Central Station
In New York is completed to bowl away the time while
waiting for train connections At cost of So Million
threeer lane plant being constructed for opening
next July At Bradley University in PEORIA Ill., college
basketball hobed all Of the 1000 chair seats for the Is
home games were sold at $3.50 two months before
the season began.
Casey Stengel, remniScng the coast, declares he
contributed $164OOO to charity Hiding foot injury
from Manager John McGraw of the Giants in the 1922
World Series Casey failed to go from first to third
hit He stopped at second and failed to although
he would have If he'd been third base This the
game that called at 33 because Darkness" wher
there was plenty of daylight and Judge Lands ordered
the gate receipts given to charity
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